I can’t believe there are less than 3 days left in February. It seems the month just came and went. In gardening terms, I guess that’s a good thing because it means we’re just that much closer to planting season!

Tonight, after the kids went to sleep, I decided to sow some cold-tolerant veggies. These will be ready to be transplanted outside by mid-April. Last year, I wasn’t as organized with my labelling system and I ended up with unidentified plants. It all worked out and we got food from them but it would have been nice to know the variety.

This year, I promised myself that I would label clearly each variety so that there would be no unidentified seedling. I find that writing codes instead of multiple words makes it so much easier. I just need to keep my master list so I can refer to it after. That’s how easy it is! I also include the date when the seeds were down.

I’ll be using this system for everything from now on. Don’t know why I didn’t think of it before! anyhow, these will stay on top of a seedling heat mat to encourage germination, after which, I will put them under grow lights.

How do you label your seedlings? Do you have a system that works for you?