Fern Nursery

Are you an enthusiastic tennis player/botanist? chances are you have several cases of tennis balls laying around. This Instructables will show you how to use up those empty containers to grow a your own (nearly care free) baby ferns right on your windowsill! I tried this just as an experiment and it worked so well that i felt i should share this idea.

Please Note: I had to go back and retake pictures of the whole project so some of the things aren't exactly they same from picture to picture.

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Step 1: Tools & Supplies

There are very few things needed for this project.

Materials:
Tennis Ball container
Cardboard tube
Tape
Soil
A pinch of love

Tools:
Drill
Scissors
Garden Trowel

Comments

[hydrnium.h2]

I sort of assumed you were going to eat the fiddle heads, not just grow them. I hear they taste like spinach.

[QueenQuill]

I didn't know that any ferns were edible! So I looked it up, and yes, at least one variety is edible!  See: http://extension.umaine.edu/publications/4060e/  I wish these grew where I live (Utah).  I wonder if I could buy some....

[Father Christmas]

Is the pinch of love really necessary? Because, I am kinda running low right now.

[monkeysee]

I've only tried it with ferns, don't know if it would work with other plants but i don't see why not...

[lemonie]

I'm surrounded by ferns, they're like weeds. Still they're quite nice. Good Instructable. L