Make your own seed propagation tape. Using seed tape makes square foot gardening much easier, especially for the plants that are grown closer together like shallots. Homemade Seed Starting Tape The Evolution of Home: Seed Tape To Get Your Spring Sprung
Cool, I've seen similar done using strips of newspaper as well. if you wanted a nice circular patter use a paper coffee filter.
if can still find adding machine paper rolls ..... use a glue stick to run a bead down the middle ..... perfect for those tiny carrot seeds ..... I barely cover the paper roll with a little wet sand .......
We use those at work. I think I'll filch one. Do you think that cash register tape would work better?
My neighbor uses paper masking tape. Something to do in the winter darkness while waiting for spring. Makes planting faster as well.
Just the thing for the pesky tiny seeds like for carrots, radish, and so on. Roll the last bit of each tape section onto a stick. You then make the furrow, place tape using the sticks, moosh dirt over the top - done. The seeds are already spaced, so you don't have to go back and thin them out, saving that time. Keep the little buggers properly mulched and get ready for a summer feast....
I still have two feet of snow in my garden bed. Gardening here is...challenging. We did pretty good with the spuds and peas last 'summer'.
Yeah, well, lack of snow is one of the advantages of living in Los Angeles, but I'd rather live somewhere where the rain is a bit more.
It is getting time for gardeners to start thinking about their gardens. Making seed tape is easy. The article below says to use unbleached seed tape. I think that is something that the health food stores may carry. Make Your Own Seed Tape for Your Garden
