Patent ID: 6792714
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A method of using a seedling raising device, said method comprising the steps of:obtaining the seedling raising device comprising: a elongated biodegradable paper strip, the paper strip having a front surface and a back surface; a plurality of distance markers embossed on the front surface of the paper strip; an adhesive layer attached to the front surface of the paper strip; a plurality of seeds attached to the adhesive layer; a fertilizer attached to the adhesive layer; a plurality of stakes; and a sticker sheet having a plurality of labels reversibly attached to the sticker sheet; hoeing a furrow in a garden; stretching the device lengthwise along the furrow; cutting off a first section of the device so that the cutoff first section of the device is approximately the same length as the furrow; placing the first section of the device into the furrow, burying the first section of the device in the furrow with some dirt; pounding a first stake of the plurality of stakes into a first end of the furrow; inserting a second stake of the plurality of stakes into a second end of the furrow; removing a first label from the sticker sheet; sticking the first label onto the first stake; peeling off a second label from the sticker sheet; and adhering the second label onto the second stake, wherein said steps of obtaining, hoeing, stretching, cutting, placing, and burying are performed prior to said steps of pounding, inserting, removing, sticking, peeling, and adhering.