Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, and the birdies are everywhere! This time of year gets me excited for summer, gardening, outdoor stuff and just being warm! I don’t mind hot, I can dunk in the river and get an instant cool off. I can’t warm up as fast as I can cool down, so I enjoy the warm months. Well, except for the pesky bugs. I could do without the pesky bugs.
So I’ve got garden fever… And I have started seeds! Don’t worry, I started them indoors to transplant later once the last frost is past. These are plants just for me and Collin, Marsha has lettuce and kale growing in the high tunnel and they are prepping the ground for the main garden as well right now.
We plan on helping down there a lot with the main garden, but wanted to have a few plants of our own to play with up here as Collin loves doing the trellis with the tomato plants. And plus it’s just fun to have our own stuff, so we got a few things I don’t think we plan on growing at the BNB.
Gardening is one of my favorite things to do!
So I saw this video a few months back on making your own peat pots out of toilet paper rolls, so I wanted to try it! I collected a bunch of rolls, got some potting soil to start seeds in, and I made my own peat pots last week!
How to Make a TP Roll Peat Pot
So the first thing you do is collect several TP rolls. You can make 2 small peat pots from 1 roll. Once you’ve collected enough of them here’s what you need you complete your pots.
- TP rolls
- Scissors
- Potting soil
- Waterproof base like a plate or something to hold the extra water when you water the pots
It’s super fun and easy to do!
It’s not very time consuming and it’s pretty easy to do! I would recommend using non bleached TP rolls if you have them on hand, but this is what we have at the moment and I like to use what I have on hand.
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Here is yesterdays progress so far!
The seeds have sprouted and I’m so excited!! I think I’m going to need to replant a few eggplant seeds as they haven’t peeled it yet so I’m guessing they were duds. But the pumpkin and tomatoes are doing great so far!