How to Create a Recycled Apartment Garden

In this Instructable I will teach you how to create a miniature garden out of everyday household items. There are optional parts to this project where the Step will be labeled with (optional). All optional items are not typically found in an everyday household.
Required Items:
-Plastic Take-out tray (be creative, you can use anything that can retain water)
-seeds (I'll be using three maple seeds that I found in the front yard)
-water
-soil (I'm going to use soil from a compost pile)
Optional Items:
-PVC pipe(s)
-drill press
-empty water bottle + cap
-industrial epoxy or super glue or PVC glue
-natural clay (not Sculpey)
-grass seeds
-paint
-eyedropper(s)

Step 1 Germinating the Seeds

1) Wet a paper towel and place in tray
Optional) If using maple seeds, gently peel away seed coat that allows the seed to float in the air. All that should be left is a green oval seed.
2) Place seeds beneath paper towel
3) Fill tray with water
4) Check everyday to see if the root and stem sprout. Once the stem sprouts, move onto Step 2 "Creating the Garden"
Personal Opinion) I used damp paper towel to wrap the roots and keep the stem upward. In doing this I believe the stem is now more erect than before. I let it sit like this for 2 days.

Comments

[tjones6]

....could I please have a picture, several preferably, of what the heck you are talking about in this step? That's...that's kinda the whole point of this site.

*Show* and tell. I know it probably makes sense in your head, but I was super excited to read your post only to be overwhelmed and disappointed by this step. Please fix so we can figure this out and do it, too.

Thanks!

[beackmaniax]

Good work, really nice instructable, I think is good helping with recycling ideas, five stars really !!!!

[ChefZombie]

Thanks for the support, I'll try to add pictures of the finished product later.