Seed Balls

I knew a man who lived in Crescent City.  He would make seed balls, let them dry and keep a bin full in his truck.  When he drove around town he would toss one out the window into the grassy/weed areas or vacant lots. 

He single handedly sowed wildflower seeds one summer in Del Norte County.  

Here at the Chetco Seed Library I have a cardboard box full of flower seeds.  I'm looking for students to use them up by making seed balls.

‘Seed balls are small bundles of seeds, clay, and soil or compost. Although seed balls have been around since ancient times, they were rediscovered in the 1930s by the Guerilla Gardening movement as a way to covertly introduce vegetation by simply tossing the seed balls (or, on a large scale, dropping them from an airplane). They are still used today to re-vegetate areas burned by wildfires. On a small scale, seed balls are fun to make and offer an inexpensive way to sow native plants and flowers’

Here is an article from Oregon Ag in the Classroom, Growing Minds, that outlines the process.

https://oregonaitc.org/growingminds/seed-balls-from-me-to-you/

Getting back to the gentleman I mentioned above.  All was going well until he was pulled over by the CCPD for 'littering'.  Though he didn't get cited they did ask him to refrain from sowing non native seeds from his truck window. 

So word to the wise.  

Finally, here is the link to the PDF  complete lesson on Seed Balls.
Comment below if you would like packets of flower seeds to get your started.  Enjoy!