HOw To SEEDS ARE HERE

Well, yesterday I came home and was going through the mail...junk mail, junk mail, bill, catalogs, magazine renewal, and, wait!  What's this??  MY SEEDS!!  These are the seeds of the month that I got in a contest that was sponsored by the always awesome Prairie Cat over at her wonderful blog, Back to Basics.

But I won, by way of Granny, also known to everyone as Annie's Granny, from her amazing gardening blog, Annie's Kitchen Garden.  She gave instructions that if she won, she wanted me to have the seeds.  She won, and so I won.  But it wasn't just her generosity, it was also 3rd Shift Man/Cloud from his blog

The Stay at Home Gardener, and Jenny from her blog Simple Garden Made Easy.  They both also said that they wanted me to have it if they won.

The world of blogging is so cool.

So, every single month, for the next year, I will get a shipment of seeds from Mike the Gardener and the Seeds of the Month Club.  It's like Christmas once a month!  I would recommend this as a gift for any gardening person you know.

So here is my initial shipment: Zucchini (Black Beauty), Eggplant (Black Beauty), Cumin, Kohlrabi (Purple Vienna), Sunflower (Mammoth Grey), Parsnip (Hollow Crown), Swiss Chard (Lucullus), and Bean (Romano).

Best of all, these are all non-GMO and are open pollinated heirloom varieties.  They also have been tested to have a 90%+ germination rate.

This is inspiring me to work on the garden area, of course with our recent heat warnings, I'm having to limit my outdoor time, but I can do a little every few days and then when Fall rolls around, I should be ready.  I'm sure many of these seeds will be for Fall planting crops as well.

Anyone have suggestions for storing seeds like these?  Fridge?  Freezer?  Just in a cool, dark place?  I want to make sure I keep them safe until planting time.
Thanks again, everyone.  Can't wait to see these sprouting out of the ground!