Make Seed Pots From Recycled Newspapers

Reader Contribution by Linda Holliday
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When I saw several empty plastic seedling trays chucked atop the local grocery store trashcan last year, I just had to inquire inside, “Do you throw those away?”

To my astonishment, the store manager told me yes, they do toss the trays in the garbage, and I was welcome to as many as I wanted.

After I quit being appalled by how many billions of those trays are manufactured annually to be used only once and then trucked to a landfill, a light bulb went on in my frugal mind. I could use those trays spring after glorious spring for my seedlings – and I wouldn’t even need to scrounge up any peat or plastic pots.

Instead, in yet another super-efficient use of newspaper in the garden, I make transplant pots that can be planted right along with the seedlings. The pots take only a few seconds each to make, are basically free and disrupt the delicate seedling roots almost naught.

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