Cress Heads in 7 Days - Egg Box Gardening for Kids

Right then, if your kid has the attention span of a goldfish like mine, this is the one. 7 days from sowing to eating.

What You Need

• Egg box

• Cotton wool or kitchen roll

• Cress seeds

• Water

• Marker pen

• Empty egg shells

Steps

1. Draw face on egg shell.

2. Wet cotton wool in egg box.

3. Sprinkle cress seeds thick.

4. Water daily — don’t drown.

5. Day 7 haircut — cut with scissors and eat on egg mayo.

Top Tips

• If it goes mouldy you sowed too thick — try again. I do it all the time.

Show me your haircuts

Email photo to dave@themessygardener.co.uk — I want to see haircuts.

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