The best way to ditch plastic in the garden is to learn how to make soil blocks for seedlings.

Let’s talk about plastic in the garden. Nursery pots and trays, plant markers, bagged goods and tarps, plastic netting, protective row-covers and even some tools—our green industry practically runs on plastic. And boy does it accumulate—I stopped counting when I got to 100 4-inch plastic pots under my potting bench. Don’t even get me started on plant tags. With an already overburdened waste stream anything we can do to reduce plastic in our lives is a good thing. 

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GROW in The Seattle Times.