A couple traders sent me seeds in folded envelopes made of a 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" piece of paper. I thought what a terrific idea. Someone mentioned making seed envelopes from catalog pages. Here 's what I have been making the past couple weeks while waiting for the cold weather:

Place seeds between the flaps, fold it dow, place a small piece of the transparent tape on the tip and the envelope is ready to go. The seeds never came out of the envelopes that I received.

Thanks to my wonderful traders, I've found another way to recycle those seed/plant catalogs. :-) The seeds won't get moldy either. Neat, huh? Pretty too.

It is fun to look them up, isn't it? You end up learning a lot more that way. I agree that for a new gardener, a bit of information is always helpful.

Happy gardening.

Raney

1. Cut paper into a 3 1/2" square, wider if you need a larger envelope. I might make my next batch with a 4" square for larger seeds:

2. Fold the square into a triangle. I forgot all the geometric terms, so please forgive me if the explanation is unclear:

3. Fold the two flaps almost all the way to the base of the triangle:

4. Fold the two corners of the triangle toward the center:

5. Unfold the flaps. Place a piece of tansparent tape over the two corners as shown in the photo above. The envelope will look like this:

Please note the base of the flaps. If the two corners of the triangle are folded a little deeper so that the flaps are not perfectly triangular, small seeds will not leak out.

6. Seeds go in between the two flaps:

7. Fold down the flaps and tape the tip or insert it into the envelope, like so:

I usually fold the squares up to stage 3 on the train to and from work. I do the rest at home where I have more space. It is not easy balancing all my supplies on my lap during the train ride. :-)

Have fun and please let me know how they turn out.

Linda

Have fun.

I didn't have a single seed leak in the package I got from you, but the final picture above looks very "loose". Not sure how that works?!

Glad I found the thread,

Thanks, Mone!

Lime

I actually got the idea from kizzyseeds and, I believe, tidewaterlily. Both of them sent me seeds in plain folded envelopes with no tape at all. None of the seeds leaked at all. Using catalogs was sorta my idea. It's a good way to recycle seed catalogs. :-)

thanks!
Barbi

Thanks so much for your help!
Lisa

Thanks for the idea!

DH bought me a page a day soduko calendar, so Ive been doing the puzzle and then fold it into an evy.

:)

Its neat to use a square post-it note for these also, you can get the sticky part to be in just the right place to seal them too.

us gardeners are never bored...LOL

This way there is no way seeds will leak out. No need to tape it shut either.

They would make GREAT envy's, if only I could bear to cut up the catalog.

NoraBelle