Just roll with it

I was looking for a cheap way to make seed pots because I have an INSANE number of seeds. I was reading one of the blogs I follow, Sky Minded & Ever Growing, and Melissa had a GREAT ideal to use toilet paper rolls. You can see how she makes her seed pots here. I told her I was gonna steal  borrow her ideal, haha! Since I am never one to do anything just as someone else. I decided to put my spin, er, fold on it. 

1 empty toilet paper roll core.

Flatten

Cut in half

 The beginning of 2 new pots

Make 4 equidistant slits

 Fold like a box

There you have it! Fill with soil, add your seeds and water. I use planter trays, lids , old baking sheets with gravel to set my pots on to transport them around.

First-I can't believe how much TP and paper towels we use (I just toss the flattened empties in a canvas tote-when the bag is full I take it to the garage and dump them in a rubber maid tote--and by no means do I get every single empty one from our house. If I get a shortage I just ask people to I know to save me some). Second-these aren't perfect . If they wobble a bit just kinda smush the bottom. (It is a technical term , haha)  Third- I love I am recycling. They are biodegradable. And it is cheap cheap cheap!


For paper towel or saran wrap/ aluminum oil cores you will repeat the steps except instead of cutting in half you will cut the tube into 4"s.

Ready, set, seed.

Link Ups

http://joy2journey.blogspot.com/2012/04/sunday-stop-7-let-party-begin.html

http://www.stuff-and-nonsense.net/2012/04/fridays-unfolded-61-and-giveaway.html