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- Newspaper
- Flour
- Water
- Cotton Swabs
- Fruit/Vegetable Seeds
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- Cut strips of newspaper 1-inch wide.
- Mix a sticky paste of flour and water (consistency similar to thick gravy).
- Using a cotton swab or a small paint brush, dab paste on the newspaper strip, spacing the dabs the right distance apart for the type of seed you’re planting.
- Place a seed on each dab and set the strip aside to dry.
- Repeat on remaining strips.
- Plant the seed tapes seed side up and cover as you normally would.
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- Fruit/Vegetable Seeds
- Gardening Book or How-To Guide
- Computer & Printer
- Paper
- Masking Tape
- Lg. Poster Boards (2-3)
- Gardening Supplies
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- Determine size of your garden area (e.g. 4X4).
- Print photos of several vegetables you’d like to grow.
- Separate each fruit or vegetable into 3 categories:
• “Use me for big spaces” (e.g. lettuce, spinach, beets)
• “Use me for small spaces” (e.g. radishes)
• “Use me for borders” (e.g. onions and carrots)
- Give each vegetable a number.
- Using graph paper, create a design of your garden with the correct measurements for the area needed. Not all the plants have to be put into squares—think of different designs you have seen on quilts!
- Use masking tape to create an outline on the floor of the actual size of your garden.
- Place this masking tape on a large sheet of paper. This will be used as a map for your actual garden.
- When you’re ready, purchase the supplies needed for your garden (e.g. seeds, shovels) and create your quilt garden.
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- 2-liter Plastic Soda Bottle
- Scissors or Sharp Knife (with adult supervision)
- Gravel
- Potting Soil
- Bean or Vegetable Seeds (beans work best with this size container)
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- Cut the top of the soda bottle off just below where it starts tapering to the mouth.
- Place about ½-inch of gravel into the bottle. (This is for good drainage.)
- Add 3-4 inches of potting soil and shake the bottle gently so that it settles.
- Place bean or vegetable seeds in shallow holes in the potting soil.
- Sprinkle a small amount of water over top (not too much!)
- Place the lid (with the cap on) upside-down in the bottle.
- Read specific instructions about the sunlight and water needs of your specific bean or vegetable
- Record in a logbook what happens every day.
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- Large Container w/ Drainage Holes (about 2′ tall x 2′ wide x 3′ long)
- Vegetable Seeds (that require a small amount of space to grow)
- Potting Soil
- A Sunny Location
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- Map out the location that gets adequate (6-8 hours) sunlight each day of where you’ll place each vegetable seed in the pot.
- Place potting soil in large container about ¾ full.
- Plant seeds in appropriate locations.
- Have your child record the growth and changes each day.
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- Seeds from Small Fruits (e.g. oranges, limes)
- Dish of Water
- Plant Pot
- Potting Soil
- A Sunny Location
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- Place 8-10 fruit seeds in a small dish with water and soak the seeds for 1-2 days.
- Fill a plant pot with soil.
- Bury the seeds about a ¼-inch deep in the soil, and slightly water.
- Over the next few weeks, watch your seeds carefully. Keep the plant pot in a sunny place(6-8 hours of sunlight per day), and water the seeds every couple of days. Soon you’ll see plants pop through the soil.
- As the plants get bigger, you may want to separate them into bigger pots or plant them outdoors, if the weather is warm enough.
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