sprouting part 2

Penny — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:56:00 +0000

After our seeds have soaked for awhile, drain the water. Our homemade draining lid should make things real easy. Pour out the water, and refill and pour out again. This is rinsing. After your seeds are well rinsed, pour out as much water as you can get out, then place your jar in a dark place or cover with a towel. Seeds must be in the dark to germinate. The seeds need to be rinsed 2 or three times a day. After the 3rd day the leaves will start to appear, then you can take the jar out of the dark. If your seeds are for planting, you can now put them in a bowl and one by one plant them in cups or the garden row. If your sprouts are for eating, leave them in the light for another two days still rinsing.

what to plant?

Penny — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:50:00 +0000

When choosing the best things to plant it does you well to talk to local folks. If they sell it at your local co-op it is because it grows in your area. Now that doesn’t mean nothing else will, but I wouldn’t invest in a pound of seeds for something exotic. In these days though it never does hurt to have a separate garden a ways off just to grow some heirloom varieties. Most seeds these days are hybrids and you can get the seeds from the produce but it won’t germinate. Is there a plan there? Yes probably. So plant some heirloom basics every year and harvest the seeds and keep in the freezer.

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sprouting part 2

what to plant?