La Liga club Atletico Bilbao has a rule that all players must be "home grown" - coming from the local Basque region. See if you can grow something at home ... and bask in praise from the neighbours.
What difference does it make?
It's a great feeling when you harvest and eat food you've grown yourself. And it brings nature a bit closer.
What do you need?
- Empty plastic bottle (or plant pot if you have one)
- Pair of scissors
- Compost
- Seeds
Step by step
First you'll need to get a container to plant your seeds in.
If you don't have a plant pot at home, you can use an empty yoghurt pot, plastic bottle or an ice cream tub or empty tin.
Choose some seeds - could be lettuce, radishes, peas... Fill pot with some compost, until 2 cm or so from the top. A few seeds in the compost at the recommended depth. Cover them with compost.
Place your pot in a sunny spot and make sure to water it regularly (but don't flood it!). If your pot is by a window check that the surface doesn't dry out. Watch the food grow!
Take a picture of your herbs or veg growing to score goals. We won't accept house plants that you can't eat so make sure you take the right photo!
Need Help?
You can try:
- Herbs like basil, mint, parsley or chives,
- Salads like lettuce or ruccola,
- Microgreens like cress or radish which grow quickly
In any gardening shop. If you have a garden, normal garden soil is also usually fine for growing seeds in.
Salad needs about 40-45 days from the seed to full size. Cress needs 7 days and radish 3 weeks. Chives and parsley germinate after 2-3 weeks while mint and basil need 10 days.