Happy Spring Everyone!

This year, we are celebrating Spring’s with Wildflower Seeds. We hope you spread some joy and some seeds with our “Bee Friendly” seed packets!

5 Easy Steps for Planting Wildflower Seeds In 5 Easy Steps

1. Mix your seeds with sand. Put your seeds into a bucket, bowl, or bag with plenty of extra room. Mix in roughly eight parts dry sand to one part seed. (For example: 8 cups sand for 1 cup seed.) Sand helps you spread seeds more evenly, and you’ll be able to see where you’ve sown. Use clean, dry, bagged sand to avoid weed seeds and clumping.
2. Then, sow your seeds in two batches. Separate your seed & sand mixture into roughly two equal parts. With the first half, walk back and forth across your site from north to south, spreading the seeds as evenly as possible. Then, take the second half and walk east to west, spreading seeds in a similar manner.
3. Next, compress your seeds into the soil. After you’ve scattered your seeds, it’s important to compress them for good seed-to-soil contact. Compression helps germination; ensures access to moisture and nutrients; prevents wind and water from moving seeds around; and helps anchor your wildflowers’ root systems.
   • In small spaces, you can use your feet to compress seeds into the soil, either barefoot or in shoes. In larger areas, lay a piece of cardboard or plywood over the sown seeds and walk all over it to evenly compress a larger area. For the largest plantings, use a seed roller walk-behind tool or tractor attachment. 
4. Water your seeds. If possible, give your seeds a thorough, gentle soaking. (See What To Expect below for more watering tips.)
5. Leave seeds uncovered. Unlike vegetable seeds, tiny wildflower seeds require light to germinate.

Here is a link to a helpful planting video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTR6yUR6VK8