Ever get a bit lazy and get a roasted chicken from your local grocer? Even at Farmer Joe’s, my Oakland choice family market, the roasted chicken packaging is extraneous and far from eco-friendly. But taking a second look at those black-bottomed, clear-topped plastic packaging, I realised they resembled the seedling start containers I had been buying all along! But no more…
Clean out the chicken scraps (making chicken broth from them is preferable), and poke a few holes in the black bottom. Fill with soil and plant delicate seeds like tomatoes, basil or dill (broccoli and squash are just right for starting this time of year too), and sprinkle with water, then fit the clear lid a-top and let it grow! The moisture will be kept in (water every couple days with a squirt bottle to evenly distribute) and the land fill will be spared the big chicken containers, which add up! These are the perfect mini-greenhouses, and the chicken ain’t too bad either!
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