Sweet Juniper blogger bombs Detroit

Sweet Juniper, one of Detroit's favorite blogs, covers everything from "feral" houses to stories of not-so-feral children. In this particular post, the blogger bombs Detroit ... with wildflower seeds. Hippies used to do it, he says. It's a fun and cool idea. Put seeds in a ball of compost (not poop) and soil, then throw it in a field. While we don't condone violence, in this case, bombs away, Detroit.

Excerpt from Sweet Juniper:

So I've been working on some fun community projects that have been sucking away some of the free time I have to write blog posts. One thing we're planning is making a thousand (or more) wildflower seed bombs with some kids in a few weeks, but first we wanted to experiment at home before we drag all the materials over to the neighborhood where we're going to set up the seed bomb assembly line. Seed bombs, if you don't already know, are an old hippie guerrilla gardening technique of mixing soil, seed, and compost into a throw-able device in order to "plant" wildflowers in inaccessible lots or just overgrown places on the side of the road.

Read the entire article here.