Sunday, March 8, 2009

My Seeds are Smarter Than Your Honor Student

We planted our seeds this weekend. All of them.  8 types of tomatoes, 4 types of carrots, 4 beans, brussel sprouts, leeks, chives, sunflowers, marigolds, radishes, baby's breathe, broccoli, zucchinis, squashes,  herbs with a "h", and even eggplant-- hey, it was a free seed packet.  What you going to do? The list goes on and on....The best was how we planted them. 


Kelly gave Will for Christmas a paper pot maker

 You make seeding pots out of biodegradable paper-- we choose The Financial Times.  
Our seeds will be soooo smart.
 
The paper is wrapped around the top.
Then, fold the bottom around the top...

...and then smash the top into the bottom.

When you slide off the paper, you have a little pot:


Then you can fill the little pots with dirt:

And then you have pots in which you can fill whatever seeds you want to grow!


It is a bit messy, with the newsprint coming off on your hands.  
Still, endless pots for endless amount of seeds!

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