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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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 Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 06:43:26 AM
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I am so in need of a gardening fix. We are about to receive a frigid Arctic Blast here....so the ground is frozen and gardening seems so far away. I decided to try growing sprouts as a tasty, healthy food source during this unrelenting Winter. So far so good. If you are interested....here are directions:
http://www.i4at.org/lib2/sprouts.htm
Wherever you are....hope there is sunshine in your heart!!
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
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Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 09:24:40 AM
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| Bev, thanks for the reminder. I haven't done sprouts for years. Next trip to town, I'm going to the health food store and get some alalfa seed. I'll drag out my sprouting trays and get them cleaned up. Love sprouts on salads and sandwiches. |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 09:24:51 AM
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I too get in the need of a garden fix so I repot my house plants and get them ready for the next year. I think I also saw on the forum some one took the root parts of the little green onion and replanted and they grew. A good carrot top is fun to watch also and sweetpotato wines are pretty too.
I need some dirt
Diana
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 12:12:03 PM
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I need to do sprouts again too. It is nice there are so many differnt types to grow. Time to go to the health food store and get seeds!
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 3:47:19 PM
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hey Beverley! great minds think alike! I started some sprouts the other day. It is so nice to see something growing as the winds howl outside and the temp is -30 brrrr!
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
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DairySue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sue
Connecticut
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 04:22:29 AM
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If I can get my counters cleared off.... I think I'll drag my sprouter out of the pantry. I love sprouts on my sandwiches or in my salads.
I didn't know that about broccoli sprouts! I wonder if Whole Foods has them - the only place I can find seeds locally.
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 05:06:38 AM
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i just use an old mason jar with cheesecloth on the top secured with an elastic.
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 8:00:17 PM
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Was in town today and bought some seed. Will soon have spouts for munching!
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
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PlumCreekMama
True Blue Farmgirl
730 Posts
Heather
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 12:16:12 PM
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I got my sprouting seeds at the Health Market section of Hy-Vee, so check your supermarkets. The Hy-Vee that I go to, the seeds and spices and things are in big jugs, and you put as many as you want to buy in plastic baggies and weigh them and it prints a ticket so they can be rung up. You all have inspired me to get making some. And BTW, I just follow MaryJane's instructions in her Lifebook and use empty margarine or Cool Whip tubs.
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Jan 17 2009 : 2:06:42 PM
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Mmm great minds think alike...so, what are your favorite sprouts? I bought some sunflower sprouts and they were just so good. But I haven't tried sprouting those...anyone have experience with sunflower or other unusual sprouts? Am I remembering pumpkin sprouts? Have you heard of/tried those? There must be a spot online that lists lots of potentially delicious sprout sources. I like collecting seed from the garden so I know it hasn't been treated with something funky I wouldn't want to eat. Growing my own sunflower and pumpkin seeds for sprouts would be so easy...and productive!
I saw a show on PBS about hydroponics to increase green space and increase quality nutrition as we grow and have less good soil available...they were sprouting wheat, and it has so much more nutrition once sprouted.
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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