Thanks Pauly, I figured they would last longer than some of the other seeds do. I will do as you suggest, thanks for the reply.

I'll hazard a guess that's the traditional pork Steve :-)

What is a decent life expectancy on the seeds, mine are in a jar but I've had them quite a long time and I want to make sure they aren't stale?

Sadly I'm too far away for that. Hopefully next year when I return for my mums birthday.