Origami newspaper seed starter pots
- by Anna Sattler on Mar 6th 2008 3:00PM
- weekend projects, gardening and plants, staying green, papercraft
I have the seeds, but haven't started my own pots yet. I do believe I will be planting the seeds this weekend, thanks to a tutorial on newspaper seed starter pots. The tutorial shows us through step by step pictures and wonderfully worded instructions exactly how to rip and fold a sheet of newspaper so that it becomes a beautiful little seed starter pot.
The tutorial takes my love of origami and my love of gardening and puts it together in one neat little package, er, pot. With the neat origami pot, I can conveniently save a trip to the nursery. Tell us in the comments how you start your seed pots.
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