The nicest thing about the internet is that it lets folks with common interests connect with one another.
That’s the case with fellow Aussie blogger Jason at Zucchini Island – like us, he and his partner Melanie are following Linda Woodrow’s Permaculture Home Garden plan, complete with chook dome, round beds and intensive planting schedule.
Jason and Melanie are following the script far closer than we are – we’ve had to modify it somewhat to suit our time constraints – but it is such a joy to have someone who understands the thrills and occasional hiccups in the course of this gardening journey.
Recently, Jason set up a small business selling gardening supplies. His primary product is a seasonal seed subscription, but in addition to this, he also has cards (like the gorgeous one above), and has just introduced these very clever Season Stickers.
Here’s how Jason described them to me in a recent email:
I think they’re a great idea! We have a large cherry box stuffed full with seed packets, and I know it will often take Pete and I an hour just to go through them looking for what to plant in each bed…
Jason is selling the stickers on Gumboot Gardens website. There are three sheets (108 Season Stickers in total) and a temperate planting guide in each set…
I was sent a set to play with (cheers Jason!) and a couple more to give away. If you’re a gardener with lots of packets of seeds to manage, you’ll probably find them really useful…
Please visit Jason’s blog Zucchini Island, and his Gumboot Garden website! And if you’re interested in winning a packet of Season Stickers, please just leave a comment below and we’ll pull a couple of names out of a hat in a few days’ time. Everyone is welcome to enter!
Winners: I asked Jason to pick a couple of winners, and he chose Rose and AfricanAussie. I’ll be emailing you both soon!
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 
What a great idea! I hope the business takes off famously. It’s a real pain shifting through piles of seed packets trying to remember when you planted them last year, especially if you are in a marginal temperature zone.
I can hardly wait to start planting, but still severe frost each morning :(
What a great idea! It’s one of those things once you see it you think ‘now why didn’t I think of that?! I so need to get back on track with my gardening. I’ve been very slack.
That’s cute! I assumed I’d rely on my memory to just remember when things get planted but as my box of seeds grows I’m realising my memory apparently has a limit :)
If I get picked, can you put me back and pick again. I don’t need to win, I just want to say I think it’s such a great idea and a useful tool for small scale gardeners.
you have just described us… searching through a box of seeds, referring to the book…. searching again!
What a great idea! I would chech the website straight away! I love the cute packaging of the seeds!
Love this idea – brilliant!
What a brilliant idea. I love the look of these. Most people I know that garden have their seed packets in complete disarray. I guess they’ve all been waiting for this invention xx
This is a great idea, Celia. The stickers are so colourful and I love the gumboot card!
Fantastic idea! It’s often so hard to work out what to plant and when! I know my husband would appreciate these!
What a clever idea. So glad Jason thought of it.
Hi Celia – What a lovely, and smart, idea.
Great idea! That way no seeds are missed. I usually end up forgetting to plant something as I have so many varieties to choose from!
My ‘black thumbs’ may yet become ‘green thumbs’ with Jason’s idea/s
Oh gosh that is what I love about blogging – getting cool ideas like this! I have tried all manner of ideas to get my seeds sorted….
Such a clever idea and a way to earn money and at the same time solve a time problem so many of us have. I’m off to check it out!
My system has been to place everything for that season at the start of my seed box and then when I feel like planting I have a quick flick through. This however is a cute way of organising them
What a great idea! And the stickers are super cute :)
Shhhhh. I’ll tell you a secret. I *LOVE* stickers! Any stickers. And those are darling.
Awesome!
:-) Mandy
Such a simple answer to a common problem. How very creative, Celia!
cool idea! usually i mark the packets of seeds with watercolour markers! but these stickers are very beautiful! thx 4 sharing with us celia! :)
What a clever idea! I made a spreadsheet of all our seeds and put in the planting time indoors, planting time outdoors (with notes in whether it was seedlings or direct sow) and so on. But this is very cool. Can I enter from the UK? x x
Another great idea from Jason. I’ve been trying his mini hot house idea, too.
I’m on my way, thanks for this link Celia!
Such a lovely idea with those stickers and a great business!
what a fantastic idea! My IMK post will be late again this month :)
Excellent idea, i have a little box with drawers, labelled for the seasons, we are on the Autumn drawer now. As I buy them i sort them . it does make like easier and a half empty packet is easily found again.. c
What a simple solution for a common problem. Well done.
Wonderful idea! Hope it takes off.
i love good ideas like this. best wishes to him!
What a fantastic idea and cute stickers! Very informative site too :)
It’s too hot to plant where I live right now! Very envious of your temperate climate especially at the moment. 40 C Thanks for the In my Kitchen shout out.
Just loving it! The Gumboot Garden, the seeds, the stickers, all so simple and practical but visually appealing. Oh and I love the word Gumboot too :)
I want some! I think that is brilliant, have you seen the mess my seeds are in, they are everywhere, including ones on saucers that I am supposed to be drying/saving, and then I miss when I am supposed to sow them. I need stickers!!!!