Planting with Ice Cream Cones

We’re getting close to the time when gardeners start planting seeds and bulbs. And as much as kids love playing the dirt, sometimes it’s difficult to get them interested in the family flowerbeds.

Unless, of course, you turn gardening into something unique and clever. Take this technique for example, that’s inspired by ice cream! Fill a small ice cream cone with soil and dirt. Then, either top it with moss and clover, or plant seeds in it to sit for a few days to germinate. The moss will spread by itself without the assistance of seeds. As the new plants take root, they grow through the cone, which degrades in the ground once it’s planted.

When something is biodegradable, it’s organic material that came from living organisms such as a plant or animal. It can also be artificial materials that are similar enough to living matter that other microorganisms can use it. Because an ice cream cone is a pastry or a wafer (be it commercially produced or homemade), it is compostable and biodegradable.

This technique is easy for kids to handle and easy to plant. And then, they can watch their project grow without much effort!