How long would it take you to make 1,000 seedballs?

Pinching off a bit of clay/soil/seed mixture, the students rolled grape-sized seedballs between their hands.

Many hands make quick work of two buckets of seedball mixture.

It took 40 sixth-graders about 90 minutes to produce more than 1,000 seedballs to toss into the prairie/wetlands at Sheldon Lake.

Making seedballs to distribute a coastal prairie seed mix follows a farming method popularized in Japan. After the dried seedballs are scattered, all that is needed is a good rain to dissolve the seedballs and give the seeds a chance to germinate.

The students also helped with sprigging and potting. On this rainy day, getting muddy was part of the learning process.

This big seedball will make about about 75 little ones.

When you have a broken arm, you perfect a one-handed technique for rolling seedballs.