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How to Make Your Own Seed Balls

April 21, 2014 by val-rice Leave a Comment

Am I crazy or does it seem like Earth Day stole Arbor Day’s thunder? I guess that’s what happens when Charlie Brown is your spokesperson (love those Peanuts). Both days are an encouragement to care for our planet, so the more the merrier.

I’m chair of the garden club at school and this past April, I was charged with finding a garden activity that was eco-friendly as well as fun. Lucky for me, I have an awesome friend who gave me this great idea for seed balls.

These seed balls are great fun to make and are a good way to plant seeds in your garden – the object of making them is so that the birds can’t steal the seeds, allowing the flowers to bloom. We will be filling our balls with perennial wild flower seeds that the kids can plunk down in their own yard and see them grow year after year.

How to Make Seed Balls

You can make as few or as many seed balls as you want, for the school event we made 100. You just have to keep the ingredients balanced in the right proportions.

Supplies

  • 5 parts dry red terra cotta clay powder*
  • 4 parts dry compost
  • 1 part wildflower seeds, or any seed of your choice
  • 1-2 parts water   

 

Directions

Mix everything but the water together. Then, add just enough water to make it wet enough to stick together. If it gets too muddy, the balls won’t dry out (totally refraining from commenting, but I really want to!).

Form 1-2 inch size balls out of the mixture and lay them out to dry for 24-48 hours. After that, you can simply throw them wherever you want to see some blooms.

*You can get it from a pottery supply store, and its important to make sure it’s the dry powder, not the wet kind.

Note: You will get dirty, but that’s part of the fun!

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About val-rice

Valerie Rice finds joy in a simple formula: eat, drink, garden - and have fun while youre at it. A California native, Valerie is on a perpetual quest for the best in West Coast living, and bringing Santa Barbaras relaxed, elegant and delicious lifestyle into your home. On her blog, eat-drink-garden, she divulges her best tips, recipes, and recommendations gathered from her own table and backyard, and shares her passion for living life by celebrating all that she loves. www.eat-drink-garden.com Valerie Rice
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