Recipe: Broiled Eggplant Sandwich
Eggplant done right is delicious. High temps and Asian-inspired sauce turn a blah vegetable into savory food. Extra points for grill marks.
5 biodegradable seed-starting planter-pots to DIY
Like many of us, the gardening plans of Michele Pacey (mentioned previously here and here) include growing plants from seed.
In a recent blog post, Michele describes her seed-starting setup: seeds planted in biodegradable newspaper “pots,” which are placed indoors on foam meat trays while the seeds germinate.
After seedlings have sprouted, the plants — pots and all — can be planted in soil.
To make your own biodegradable seed-starters:
- Roll newspaper pieces around a jar and close the ends, as Michele shows in this short video, or roll pieces of newspaper around something like this.
- Fold newspaper pages, origami-like, into pots. For folding tutorial, see the For Greenies blog.
- Cut pieces of paper towel or toilet paper tubes, adding four slits on one end, then fold end pieces together to form a closed bottom. (Photo via girlgearstudio.) Ends also could be left open, as pictured in this earlier Unconsumption post.
- Use eggshells, as mentioned here (with description for blowing out eggs).
![]()
- Use citrus peels. (Found here.)
Another idea: Create mini-greenhouses from cut plastic bottles. Simply place bottle tops over plants. (Found on Poppytalk.)
What household waste do you use for starting seeds?
Y U NO Talk to owls ?
154 43533
Meme City
278 42930
Keys lost
103 45538
Cinnamon challenge? BEWARE
187 39085
Epic Charlie Sheen is epic
77 46072
Squeeze orange like a darth
70 27399
Nice comeback
118 31329
Be my valentine!
66 34036
Yes… safety first….
89 37323
Because legs are too mainstream
168 36120
Usually in every season
9gag.comChallenge accepted
127 35779
I make b*tches wet
105 33347
The sad fact.
150 50002
Usually in every season
53 19015
I’m just cutting onions…. just cutting onions…
61 35130
Usually in every season
9gag.comChallenge accepted
127 35779
I make b*tches wet
105 33347
The sad fact.
150 50002
Usually in every season
53 19015
I’m just cutting onions…. just cutting onions…
61 35130