I use a plastic tote with a lid that folds back. Inside I have a freezer bag for beans, okra, peas, etc. Some are quarts and some are gallons. It's small enough that I can move it to a work area but large enough to hold the veggie seeds. I think it is a file box for hanging folders.

Now the flower seed.......that's another story.

Another convert. HeeHee

I use a plastic toolbox with latching lid, just a bit smaller than a standar Rubbermaid tote. That sucker has held up to a lot of abuse and keeps my stash nice & safe. Inside, I divide seeds by types, such as tomatoes, sweet peppers, chiles, brassicas, winter squash, summer squash, etc. Each one of those has a gallon ziplock into which I place the individual seed packs. There's also room for those large things you mentioned, such as pounds of seed corn, peas, etc, along with blossom bags, Sharpies, spare seed bags, and so on. At the bottom of it all is a good layer of rice to help with any excess moisture. Not that the toolbox is sealed but it makes me feel better and that's the important thing, right?

Diane

Oh, rice to absorb moisture. Didn't think about that. I think I have a sack of silica gel in the shed from when I planned to dehydrate roses years ago. (I did it once) I will go find that.

I never thought seed storage will be issue until this year! I arranged them same way what Diane did.

Small ziplocks for individual variety and all those varieties of one vegetable type in large ziplock. I have two shoe boxes, one for cool season and one for warm season based on the Dawn listings.

I like Dorothy's idea of arranging them based on the planting date. Thanks for rice and silica gel idea for moisture control.

I am still looking for better seed storage system! -Chandra

I'm a shoe box person too.
But what do i do with the box?
I had it under my fish tank last winter
and mice ate 50+ packets before I realized it.
I've been told keep all seeds in the freezer
and i've been told keep them in the fridge.
What's right?

TREE

I have all mine in ziplock bags in a big (really big) plastic storage container with a lid. It stays pretty full. I really need two of them. Maybe I'll get another and keep cool-season veggies, herbs and flowers in one, and warm-season veggies, herbs and flowers in the other.

Seeker, You can store seed in the refrigerator or the freezer, but they need to be in airtight containers, and when you remove them from the cold storage to use them, you need to let them come to room temperature before you open them up as that will reduce condensation.

Click on the link below to read more about keeping seeds in cold storage.

Dawn

Here is a link that might be useful: Storing Seeds