Reuse An Extra Golf Tee In An Unexpected Way For Your Garden

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Growing a garden is a labor of love that requires plenty of time and energy. One of the most essential parts of gardening is sowing and planting seeds, without which you'd have no crop to harvest or plants to admire. If you're tired of bending over and trying to make consistently deep furrows or holes in your garden or when starting seeds indoors, the golf tee could provide you with an innovative (albeit unexpected) solution to planting your seeds. Thanks to its small, easy-to-hold shape and its perfectly pointed end, a golf tee makes for the ideal gardening tool to create holes for planting your seeds in. 

In order to put your extra golf tee to work, you'll also need a small container of water, your seeds, and a flat surface like a paper plate. Begin by taking a tee and gently pressing it into the soil to make your seed's hole — or drag it across the dirt to create a furrow. To decide on the correct depth, look to your seed's package. Next up, dip your tee into the small container of water, just enough to get the point wet. Sprinkle some seeds onto the paper plate so that you can easily access one seed at a time, then pick up one seed with the wet tip of the tee. The seed should easily detach from the tee once it is placed in the soil, and you can finish up by lightly covering the seed. If you're planning out your garden but not sure what you want to grow, here are 10 fruits and vegetables that are easy to grow from seed.

While the aforementioned method will work just fine, implementing a few more tips can ensure a smoother process. Firstly, if you are able to, collect several golf tees and store them in a small mason jar or other container alongside your seed packets. Keeping everything organized in one place will help to streamline your sowing process. Remember to store your garden seeds in a cool and dark place to keep them fresh for as long as possible. Secondly, if you find the process of dipping the tee into water and catching a single seed a little too tedious, you can always use the tee to make your holes and plant the seeds manually, carefully dropping a single seed into each hole. Alternately, you can purchase an adjustable seed sowing dispenser — like the Gostur Sowing Seed Dispenser ($7.99) — to pair with your tee for a seamless planting session. Simply adjust the dial on the dispenser to the appropriate size for your seeds and it will release them in a controlled flow.

Your handy golf tee will help guarantee that your seeds are planted at an ideal depth, but remember to space your seeds correctly as well. For instance, the correct spacing for small to medium herbs is typically 6 to 12 inches apart, whereas larger herbs like lavender and mint should be about 18 inches apart. For the best results, take some time before sowing your seeds to check the ideal spacing and determine how many plants you can fit into your garden.