omigosh! they’re sprouting!

the seedballs we made at saturday’s workshop at blend have begun to sprout! this is most unusual. normally they dry out first and the seeds just rest dormant for a while, until you’re ready to scatter ‘em. i’m taking this as a sign these puppies want to get out into the world, and fast. get ‘em when you come out to the show on saturday.

welcome to re:seed

this will be a blog for the re:seed project happening at blend studio (and beyond) in the month of june (and beyond).

from the project website:

re:seed shares the simple and effective technique of making and scattering seedballs. you are invited to scatter these seedballs at flood-affected locations in nashville, or anywhere else you deem in need of re:seeding. seedballs can be made with any type of seed, but we are focusing on phytoremediating plants that can help to repair soils contaminated with heavy metals and organic pollutants, green cover crops that will help to restore nutrients to the soil, and native plants that heal, either through medicinal properties or aesthetic beauty.

what are seedballs, you ask? well, again from the website:

seedballs are “a small universe in themselves”, to quote masanobu fukuoka — small models of the living world, made of compost, clay and whatever seeds fit inside. they can be tossed on the ground and left to germinate when and where time and conditions are right, which might be next week or next year or never. nature ultimately decides what will grow where, and when, and how, but we lend a friendly hand to the process.

golly, you say. you sure love to quote that website. why yes, yes i do. i have been tussling with that website for much of the latter evening.  now it is the wee small hours of the morning and i think i will go to bed, so that i can tussle with marigold and sunflower seeds out at sulphur creek (a task i much prefer) in the not-so-small-but-still-before-double-digit hours of the morning.

i hope you will visit again soon. heck, i hope i will visit again soon too. i kind of like this place.