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Prepare your soil ➡️ **It starts with a seed** ➡️  Plant your seeds ➡️ Water for Growth ➡️Find a home for your garden!

⌛Time Estimate: 3 minutes

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What is soil? 🤔

• [ ] Activity:Take out your soil bag. Now, get ready to get your hands dirty! Using your hands or a tool, scoop a handful of the organic soil into each of your cups which are set up in your box**. Fill all the cups right to the top!**

• [ ] 🤲Activity: Gently, place your compostable cups back in your gardening box! Line them up in two rows of three, all cups should be gently touching!

<aside> 📦 Be careful of spilling your soil! Make sure to clean up any soil that might fall out of the box!

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<aside> 💡 What does Organic Soil mean? It’s simply soil made from the magic of mother nature! 🌴It means your baby plants will grow without chemicals harmful to you and our earth. 🌱

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