MIT students tried to turn pencils into something useful. And there is nothing more useful than food, right?
The product they got was called the Sprout Pencil, which looks like a regular wooden pencil with an eraser on top and seeds inside of it. The cup holds enough seedlings for sprouting your own garden!
The pencils are topped with biodegradable green cups in the place of an eraser. Inside these caps there are seeds that you can plant to grow edible plants!
! The labels on each one tells you what type of flower will bloom when your seed germinates, so it is fun and easy for everyone involved if they want something different than their neighbor’s planter full of flowers or veggies.
When you can’t write with them anymore, stick them into some dirt on your windowsill. Give the seeds water and sunlight every day until they grow big enough to eat!
A lot of these plants are edible- this means that when they’re mature enough, you will have home-grown food at all times – there isn’t a greater satisfaction than that!
. They concluded that pencils are perfect because they’re right at your fingertips, like illustrations!
The pencil label is a helpful reminder of what plant you will get. They’re perfect for small homes or apartments without access to garden, and they are absolutely adorable!
Not only that but the plants grow well in a pot next to a sunny window, so you can expect them to thrive.
Now, when you think that there isn’t enough room in the backyard for a garden. Think again!
This is a great way to teach your kid about gardening and getting them interested too! Getting into good habits will help with growing things and not wasting resources!