…and stir!
Add seeds….
Add water gradually to mix until it becomes tacky. Like making a mud pie!
Mix dry “soil” ingredients together….
My ingredients: Dried & shredded leaves, garden soil, and holiday potting soil rescued from the dumpster. Not sure it’s clay-ey enough. We’ll see!
Winter’s Harvest included durable natives found in rough corners such as Common Milkweed and Monarda. Echinacea and other seeds were gleaned from shopping center parking lots, etc.
I’ve been a fan of Guerrilla Gardening for a few years now. One of those little nagging projects I have been meaning to do for the past couple seasons was to make my own seed bombs. I know what you’re thinking. Some people find more constructive outlets for their free time, and I’m…….well, you’ll see.
Readers of Rough Edges know that I’m a fan of helping out our local pollinators – bees, etc. Therefore over the dormant season I gathered up seeds here and there of perennial and annual plants that – if they germinate – should provide help for those insects.
Follow along while I try my hand at a homemade seed bomb recipe!
