Yay! Now that it’s been at least a week, I can finally store my seeds.

Step 1: Make sure your seeds are bone dry. If there is ANY moisture left, wait a few days.

Step 2: Pick your packet. Paper packets are best, since plastic/glass make any moisture become dangerous, which cause rot, mildew, and an unhappy seed-saving gardener. Also, paper packets give you an opportunity to be a crafty, recycling, and overly proud of yourself! … Orrrr you can just stick them in an actual paper envelope. Totally boring, simple, and logical.

Step 3: Label your new handy dandy seed packet (specify the type of tomato if you know it and perhaps how many seeds), and stick the seeds into it.

Step 4: Brag to the world, or there are actually quite a few of seed swapping groups if you want to swap a packet. After all, you can just make another one!

High five, you seed-saving fiend! You did it!