These flower grenades take seed bombs to a new, more literal level. It would be cool if the shrapnel were somehow made of fertilizer. I think it's just a ceramic shell. They're expensive though.
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These flower grenades take seed bombs to a new, more literal level. It would be cool if the shrapnel were somehow made of fertilizer. I think it's just a ceramic shell. They're expensive though.
Via Boing Boing
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