Wheat grass -- I can't stand it. It tastes so
green. Pond sludge, that's what I call it. (I just shuddered thinking about drinking it.) More power to you guys who can drink it, it is chocked full of vitamins and enzymes. I prefer to
recycle my wheat grass. I grow it for Easter time because it looks like spring. I use it as a decoration. But, when I give my creations a haircut, the ducks and chickens get the greens. (I eat the eggs --- did you follow that recycle bit?) Buy your whole wheat berries in the health food section of your grocery store, or at your health food store.
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Sprinkle wheat berries generously on top of your potting soil.
Leave plenty of room for water -- and it mounds up as it's growing. |
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Sprinkle a thin layer of potting soil on top and water.
Keep the top layer moist. (don't overdo it though) |
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By the 2nd day it's getting growing. |
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...and by day 4 you have a "lawn" |
By day 6 I will be "cutting the lawn" (with a scissors) and giving the clippings to the chickens. I keep it trimmed to about 3 1/2 inches. This will scream "spring" for a couple of weeks, looking absolutely beautiful. Keep it watered, but again, don't get it so soggy you kill it.
If you want a beautiful (cheap) Easter table decoration, start a new batch on Palm Sunday. Put some colored eggs in it --- cute. If you are going somewhere else for Easter dinner, start one for them!
1 comment:
The local homeschool group made wheat grass Easter baskets. Sure is better than all that plastic Faux-grass. Great post!
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