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Creating A Wildflower Seed Bomb

11/17/2018

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Making seed bombs is a fun way for children to create a beautiful wildflower home for our pollinators.  Our pollinators, principally the bees, birds and butterflies are suffering from our world's overdevelopment and from the fertilizers and pesticides that are being used in commercial landscaping projects.  But children can play a role in bringing the pollinators back by providing a beautiful home for them and a beautiful landscape for us to all enjoy as well.  This can be a big garden where there is plenty of space or a small "pocket" garden in an urban setting where there is very little space.  It's very easy and fun!  

All children love getting their hands messy by playing in the dirt.  Making seed bombs is a great way to do that.  To make a seed bomb, all you need to provide is a pail of dirt, a bucket of water and a packet of wildflower seeds. Let the child dig in the dirt and come up with a fist full of dirt.  Then wet the dirt with just enough water to make the dirt stick together when formed into a small ball.  Have the child take a pinch of wildflower seeds and push them into the dirt and then form the dirt into a ball around them.  After a seed bomb is formed, put it aside in a protected location in the sun to dry and harden into a  ball that the child can throw to scatter the seeds.  The child can make as many seed bombs as he or she wants to make.  In a few days when the ball is hard, it's ready to throw. Watch and in a short time the seeds will begin to sprout and become the beginning of a wildflower garden.  This can be done in the spring or fall in the warmer climates. Be sure and pick flowers that are appropriate for your area and garden spot.  There are wildflowers for both sunny and shady locations. 
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Photo on the left: making a seed bomb.  Photo on the right: seedlings sprouting from the seed bomb.
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