Seed Bombs

It was my birthday recently (hate it, can never remember my age and it keeps changing year after year. I give up) and a kind friend bought me a seed bomb mix.... beautifully packaged and very informative. It was a wonderful present and I loved it! It made lots of lovely little seed bombs which are now starting to germinate. I'd never heard of seed bombs but apparently they are 'all the rage'. Why? Well they supposedly 'become a hub of wildlife activity!'. Sounds good to me. I can't feed back on that as they are still to grow... will keep you posted! If nothing else they were fun to make with or without children and the way I see it, the more flowers and insects on this earth can only be a good thing.

I began to research seed bombs as I don't know about you, but I hate paying for things when I can easily make them at home. And they're easy! Here is what you need:

40gr or 1 packet of wild flower seeds - I sell these!

40gr compost

40gr flour

A pinch of chilli powder - this helps to deter slugs and snails from eating the young shoots

mix it all together, add a little water and then more flour if you've added too much water!

Roll into a ball and leave to dry

The mix should make approximately 12 balls.

scatter seed bombs onto soil or in a pot and water.

The wild flowers will start to germinate and little sprouts will appear after 4-6 weeks depending on the weather. The seed bomb will disintegrate to leave a patch of plants which in turn will attract garden wildlife.

Don't forget to collect the seeds from these flowers to use again next year!

My seed packets contain: corncockle, blue flax, poppy, cornflower, pot marigold, chamomile, borage, viper’s bugloss