disclosure: we were sent the item mentioned for the purpose of review
No I’m not going mad, well only slightly, but that’s a different post! Have you heard about the pencil who wants to be a plant? No? Well, neither had I until recently when BritMums made me aware of a review request from Plant Your Pencil. I was intrigued, as you know we’ve done a lot of planting in the garden this year, but I hadn’t considered planting pencils ……
What if instead of throwing your pencil stubs away you could plant them and
have them grow into something delicious, beautiful, and fun?
I soon received a couple of pencils in the post, they are affectionately called Sprout ….
Sprout is a high quality cedar pencil with a water-activated seed capsule at the tip.
When the seed capsule is exposed to moisture it begins to degrade, releasing
the seed within Sprout and starting its germination.
The pencils are non-toxic as they contain graphite and clay rather than lead. There are 7 different herb tips available – Basil, Dill, Coriander (Cilantro), Mint, Rosemary, Sage and Thyme. I received a couple of Dill tipped Sprout pencils.
We’ve used one of the pencils non-stop for the last month to try to use it up!! Today was the day we decided we were ready for the next part of the experiment.
We’ve planted our Sprout in a pot on the patio where it will get plenty of sunshine, and where I will remember to keep it watered.
As with anything in nature, the results are not guaranteed. There are at least 4 Dill seeds in our first pencil, so hopefully at least one will sprout in the next month – we’ll keep you posted.
What a great idea, I think that’s really lovely 🙂
It sounds brilliant doesn’t it – lets see if we get some Dill!
What a fun idea, I think schools should have them they use so many pencils and we could all get herbs in return!
That’s such a good idea!! Note to self – tell new nursery teacher next month
That’s a clever idea – will be interesting to see if anything grow’s from yours!
Fingers crossed
what a cool idea, looking forward to seeing what happens next
So am I!
Sound so interesting!
Fingers crossed we get sprouts soon
Such a great and different idea – look forward to seeing the results!
Hopefully I’ll have fresh dill to go with my fish
How cool! Will be interesting to see if it works!
I know, can’t wait to see.
Oh wow what a great Idea I’ve never heard of that i’ll be interested to know the outcome x
Will keep you posted
What an intriguing idea – definitely something different and more worthwhile than throwing the pencil away!
It’s a novel idea, fingers crossed we see some result
It’s a very clever idea
These look really cool!
Fingers crossed we get Dill