Making seed tapes can save future planting and thinning time. Here’s how to go about it:

• Cut newspaper into 1″ wide strips and then glue your seeds to the paper. We used a paste of water and flour, about the consistency of thick gravy.
• Add a pinch of water-soluble fertilizer to each half cup of paste.
• Mark the appropriate seed spacing on the paper strip.
• After placing the seeds on the dots, completely cover each seed with a drop of paste.
• Let the tapes dry and store them in plastic bags.
• At planting time, roll out your seed tapes, cover them lightly with soil, and water. The newspaper will eventually rot away as the seeds grow.

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