If you are old enough to remember the early Martha Stewart days, you also may recall that she was the first person to elevate drudgery to diversion. Back in the ’90s she transformed the most menial chore into a pleasant pastime by advocating the use of beautiful tools made to last a lifetime.
While the heady days when she hawked only the best of the best are long gone, when I discover a mundane object made with special attention to detail I still reflexively think of it like this: Martha Material.
This bring me to the Cultivation Tray set. Made in Europe of heavy, galvanized steel, it’s a seed-starting kit with dozens of of tiny, removable steel pots specially designed to make it easy to transplant seedlings. It’s Martha Material:
Above: Available in two sizes, a Cultivation Tray is from €48 to €73 depending on size from Manufactum. The large size (Shown) has 70 individual pots for seedlings.
Above: The little pots are bottomless and have sloped sides to make it easy to push out seedlings without damage to roots.
Above: The larger tray comes with folding feet so “the panel can also be placed in an elevated, raised manner,” notes Manufactum.
Above: The smaller cultivation tray has 30 pots for seedlings. “With its noticeably narrow dimensions, the smaller tray can easily be placed next to any windowsill, so that you, for example, can grow tomatoes in your apartment instead of out on the deck,” says Manufactum.
Above: The smaller cultivation tray has 30 pots for seedlings. “With its noticeably narrow dimensions, the smaller tray can easily be placed next to any windowsill, so that you, for example, can grow tomatoes in your apartment instead of out on the deck,” says Manufactum.
