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SmallTownGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
117 Posts
Rose
USA
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 Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 2:03:52 PM
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| This weekend I decided to try seed sprouting that MaryJanes talks about in her book on page 82. All I had on hand was sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, but when I get to the store I plan on picking out some beans. Anyone trying this? It seems like fun and tasty and really easy. Now if I could just find the space in my kitchen for them. What tasty things are you sprouting and how do you like to munch on them? |
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celebrate2727
True Blue Farmgirl
989 Posts
Beth
MJF
Farmgirl
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Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 4:27:25 PM
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I am going seed crazy. I like the idea of starting something early. I think I might try some early spring flowers and some everyday grass. I just love the way it smells! And the weather here in MN is supposed to be back to normal with highs in the teens and lows around zero. Boy were we spoiled in January.
Blessings
Beth
A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself. Tom Stoppard "Rosencrantz & Gilbertson are Dead"
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 5:17:33 PM
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I put seeds in little pots, and place them all in my upstairs bath in a sunny window in the winter. I have a tile shelf there below my dormer. I have tomato and pepper seeds. I love to check on them each day to see if they are sprouting, and sometimes I think if I sat there long enough I could see them grow before my eyes!
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
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Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 5:23:42 PM
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I have been doing the mary jane idea since I read her book. I soak almonds all the time and eat them soft or redried. Sometimes I roast them with a little honey. Also sprout almost everything that goes into soup. Beans, rice ,barley, garbanzos. Oh this makes wonderful hummus, sprouted garbanzos. this week it was a mixture from the co-op that is supposed to be made into a sort of multi seed gruel. I sprouted some of the mix which included tiny red lentils different kinds of rice and other beans, it sprouts overnight and then went right into the chicken soup I made on a gas cook stove during our northwest storm. It was great.
This is definately a way to get things more digestable.
Eileen
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 8:53:58 PM
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hi rose .. i used to sprout seeds all the time .. haven't done that in a long time .. should go back to it .. they are soooo goooood for you. today, a friend was telling me that she has been forcing forsythia branches to bring springtime into her home .. i'm gonna' do that tomorrow! i know i can't eat them .. but they will feed my soul!
True Friends, Frannie |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 9:16:53 PM
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I really have gotten into sprouting ever since reading more about it in the MJ book - our local health food store sells two sprouting mixes - one for salads and one, with smaller sprouts, for sandwiches - I'll have to check to see just what is in them, but I love them - and so does my son. He really likes taking handfulls of them and eating them, telling me that he is eating "hay" just like the lambies do.
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 06:35:42 AM
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Eileen, that sounds great, im sprouting but I really like your bean idea. I went to my health food store yesterday and asked if she would order some MJ organics or at least get on the web-site, check it out and that I'd be back this week. Hopefully it will work out. Michele
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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SmallTownGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
117 Posts
Rose
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 08:03:06 AM
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| Wow ladies it seems that you’re all having a good time farming your seeds. I am the same way, checking my seeds every couple hours, like they really change that quickly! Libbie your little boy is just too cute thinking he's eating hay. I wish I could find those sprouting mixes in my store you talk about. Frannie, forcing forsythia branches I bet will be so pretty in your home. I'm jealous of all you ladies who live in warmer climates, I still have snow and cold temps. By Friday I will be able to taste my little sprouts, I can't wait. Rose |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 09:27:59 AM
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rose .. it is COLD down here in kentucky right now .. but a kentucky lady says .. just to bring a branch or a few branches INSIDE and WHAMO .. that warm INSIDE air .. along with the water .. will force forsythia in the dead of winter .. i cut a few branches today (only have ONE smallish forsythia 'tree' .. so .. i wasn't toooo greedy ... soon's i find a friend with a BIG bush .. i'm going to ask permission for MORE! will take a pic soon's it bursts forth with springtime blossoms!
True Friends, Frannie |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 1:54:42 PM
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The two sprouting mixes I mentioned above are combinations of alfalfa, cabbage, lentisl, radish, mung beans, and wheat berries. I also found these "lids" that go on top of wide-mouth canning jars to turn them into easy sprouters - they look like plastic screens in different sizes and they're really easy. They're called "Sprout-Ease Econo-Sprouters" and they're made by Texas Best, Unlimited. Any colander/strainer works, but these are turning out to be pretty handy...
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Sunny
True Blue Farmgirl
120 Posts
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Posted - Feb 08 2006 : 11:13:21 AM
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Originally posted by SmallTownGirl
This weekend I decided to try seed sprouting that MaryJanes talks about in her book on page 82. All I had on hand was sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, but when I get to the store I plan on picking out some beans. Anyone trying this? It seems like fun and tasty and really easy. Now if I could just find the space in my kitchen for them. What tasty things are you sprouting and how do you like to munch on them?
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Sunny
True Blue Farmgirl
120 Posts
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Posted - Feb 08 2006 : 11:30:51 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by SmallTownGirl
This weekend I decided to try seed sprouting that MaryJanes talks about in her book on page 82. All I had on hand was sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, but when I get to the store I plan on picking out some beans. Anyone trying this? It seems like fun and tasty and really easy. Now if I could just find the space in my kitchen for them. What tasty things are you sprouting and how do you like to munch on them?
Ooops, I'm just learning this thing about postings! (Last one went without a message!) But I do know about sprouts! And I recommend trying lentils in a jar. One secret is to first spread the dried lentils out on a tray to pick out any broken or chipped ones...they could rot and cause mold on the surrounding sprouts. (Save the the chipped ones to cook in soup.) It's a little time-consuming, but the rest will sprout better and be better for you. Then soak them 6 hours or overnight. Drain and rinse at least twice a day, more in hot weather. Towards the end of the sprouting time, rinse and place the jar in indirect light for "greening" up the tiny leaf buds. At the very end, rinse well in a basin of water, agitating the sprouts to separate as many hulls as possible from the sprouts. Skim the floating hulls from the top of the water with a sieve. You won't be able to get them all, it's just a step to reduce the amount of hulls. Drain the sprouts and enjoy raw or cooked! |
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