The hints of spring that we were seeing last week have gone and been replaced with more rain, wind and cold. If that wasn't bad enough, another virus has attacked our household, this one with a nasty cough and headache. So my plans for getting work done in my garden have been postponed.
I'm not good at resting and doing nothing though, so today, I stayed in my PJs, put the Olympics on the telly, and together with one sick kid taught myself to make origami newspaper pots. We have made thirty of them so far, and stacked them together in groups of six. We used this tutorial to learn how to make them.
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These newspaper pots will be used to plant seeds for my vegie garden this year as I try to move away from buying seedlings from the nursery. I've also been saving toilet rolls for this purpose and will be able to decide which method I prefer this year and therefore either get started on the pots earlier next year or start collecting toilet rolls earlier. I figure I need about 100 pots, so will need to make a few more this afternoon.
Now I just need to gather some trays or plastic pots to stand them all up in in the cold frame. I'll then be ready for planting all the seeds I received in the mail last week so I will (hopefully) have a lot of lovely, healthy, homegrown seedlings to plant when spring truly arrives.
Do you grow from seed? I've been reading a lot of tips around cyberspace, but would love to hear yours.
I'm not good at resting and doing nothing though, so today, I stayed in my PJs, put the Olympics on the telly, and together with one sick kid taught myself to make origami newspaper pots. We have made thirty of them so far, and stacked them together in groups of six. We used this tutorial to learn how to make them.
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These newspaper pots will be used to plant seeds for my vegie garden this year as I try to move away from buying seedlings from the nursery. I've also been saving toilet rolls for this purpose and will be able to decide which method I prefer this year and therefore either get started on the pots earlier next year or start collecting toilet rolls earlier. I figure I need about 100 pots, so will need to make a few more this afternoon.
Now I just need to gather some trays or plastic pots to stand them all up in in the cold frame. I'll then be ready for planting all the seeds I received in the mail last week so I will (hopefully) have a lot of lovely, healthy, homegrown seedlings to plant when spring truly arrives.
Do you grow from seed? I've been reading a lot of tips around cyberspace, but would love to hear yours.
I grow from seed and, although you do have to be patient, I find that the yield is often higher because they have time to aclimatise. I start them out in a covered seed tray and then transfer them when they have three or more leaves.
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