Materials Needed:

• canning jars with lids
• two branches cut to 12" length: one 1-1/4" and one 1/2"
• wooden tool caddy
• seed-starting mix
• various seed packets: herbs, vegetables, flowers
• small clay pot
• peat pots and pellets
• popsicle sticks

• chalk marker
• chalkboard paint
• hot glue gun and glue sticks
• sandpaper
• durable fabric, such as denim
• journal
• embellishments such as wood tags
• permanent marker or wood-burning tool

Fill Jars

Fill jars with seed-starting mix and peat pellets. Attach durable fabric to lids with hot glue then jars. Create wood tags by slicing tree limbs, add lettering with a permanent marker or wood-burning tool.

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Create Dibbles

Whittle both sticks to a tapered end and sand smooth. The larger dibble can be used to make a hole in soil, the smaller will be handy for gently pressing a seed into the soil.

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Create Markers

Spray popsicle sticks with chalkboard paint and write names of seeds with chalk marker.

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