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Easy seed starting tape.

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Category: Organic Tips for your Garden | Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:13 am

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I head out to the garden armed with a pail of water, seeds, some old newspaper and a 7-8 inch length of twine, kite string or cotton yarn. I put the twine in the pail and while it is soaking I dig a furrow for planting. By the time I have finished, the twine is saturated.

I then sprinkle a row of seeds the same length on a sheet of newspaper. I dip the twine in the seeds and plant the whole thing.

As the seeds germinate, the twine will degrade, giving a bit of organic matter to the soil.

This is a great way to tackle those almost invisible seeds such as carrots, lettuce, etc. this is much easier than the old method of mixing them with sand!.

PORTABLE POTTING BENCH!!

I remove the padded cover from my ironing board and set it up wherever I want to work. I use the flat surface and then, when I am finished, I can just fold it away until I need it again. It is a good idea to use an " Old" ironing board if you don't want seeds in your underwear!!!!

PORTABLE SEED CARRIER!!!!

My golden retriever called Hunter, just loves to roll around in the snow. When we have snow I always put lots of sunflower seeds in my bird feeders, and the birds are apt to scatter them on the ground.

So when Hunter decided to have his "roll" he did it on the ground under the bird feeders, and hey presto!
a walking sunflower container!! His back was covered in the seeds, and much to his disgust, he had to have a bath to get rid of them. So imagine all these sunflowers growing in my drainage pipes !!

Mrs "G".



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eileen wrote on Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:26 am:

Hunter sounds a lot like our late lab Blue!!!! He didn't roll in the sunflower seeds though he managed to eat a 5kg bag of them!!!! I think he planted and fertilized those seeds all around the village!!!! LOL

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katsback wrote on Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:58 pm:

dogs are funny,mine loves to run in the creek, come home all muddy,and shake,eewwh..and he's seen me lately digging in my beds and has since buried his bone and a piece of corn bread he came home withfrom who knows where.i like the seed idea with the rope!

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CritterPainter wrote on Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:55 pm:

what fun, now if he'd just shake the seeds off in a good spot...
Love the string idea, I'll try that with my lettuces!

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cajunbelle wrote on Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:34 am:

Thanks for the tips, I will probably use both of those.

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yorkshire lass wrote on Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:35 pm:

I love the old ironing board idea! Many thanks....it will save my poor old knees!

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