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How to make seedballs - it's bombing time!
The seedball is one way to show that you love those neglected parts of town, too.
Materials:
Native, non-invasive, preferably organic seeds (wildflowers, herbs, edibles)
Compost
Powdered, non-chemical brown or red clay (available at pottery supply houses,
down by the rivers in the Southwest, and at some garden centers)
Water
- Mix two parts mixed seeds with three parts compost.
- Add five parts clay powder.
- Add enough water to make the mixture the consistency of dough (play-, bread-, pizza-)
- Pinch off small amounts of dough and roll between your palms to create ping-pong ball-sized spheres. You can go smaller if you have the attention span / time / handpower.
- Spread the balls out on newspaper in a shady spot to dry.
- Tell your friends that you made chocolate truffles and see if they fall for it.
- No, not really. Don't let your friends eat them.
The attached pictures are from the pages of The Guerilla Art Kit. Share these and have a seedball-making get together!
Tags: gardening, guerrilla, land, seedballs, urban, vacant
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Permalink Reply by Cornelia on -
Try googling "red art clay" or searching for pottery supply houses. For New England, this is a good local source: http://www.sheffield-pottery.com/
Lizz said:Love it! Where do you get the clay from?
Lizz
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Permalink Reply by Pat on -
This is such a fun idea! I have been know to toss wildflower seeds along side the road, just to have something besides weeds to look at. I'm going to try to make these with just a flour & compost mixture and seeds in wrapping tissue paper. Do you think that would work? The paper should easily disintegrate when wet. I don't have clay powder handy.
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Permalink Reply by Kristie Nackord on -
What a great idea~!
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Permalink Reply by Cornelia on
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Here's a really cool alternative recipe using shredded newspaper!
What do you need:
- seeds
- old newspaper
- water
- immersion blender
- sieve
- scrap cloth
- IKEA's heart-shaped ice cube trays or any other soft mold
Shred some newspaper (I only made a small batch for testing with one and a half sheets)
Add some water (I used warm water)
Blend. Looks awful :D Like it's been inside some living thing already.
Add seeds. Looks even creepier than before *-* I used a bit too much, I think. One teaspoon per 1-2 sheets should suffice, actually.
Pour the gunkiness into a sieve lined with cloth. Some fabric scraps or an old dishtowel will do.
Squeeze! Try and get as much water out as possible.
Looks like an exotic flower of some kind already :D
Take bits of the semidry mass and firmly press everything into the molds (you don't have to use hearts, ther are so many other shapes! You can also just form balls, rolls blabla etc. :D)
Continue to make more, more, moooore seed bombs.
Carefully remove the still moist bombs from the tray after you've filled all the molds.
And let them dry in a warm spot. Try to dry them as quickly as possible, or else they may sprout right away. Don't let them get too much heat, either, or the seeds will loose their life *.*
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