Sprouting Day!

I am excited to say that today is the day! I woke up to check on my pea shoot and sunflower seeds, which have grown lovely little tails overnight.  While I was watching "Limitless" with my husband, my seeds were sprouting after a 24 hour soak, followed by 3 rinses.  Today is planting day!  I know it will take about 8-10 days until my babies will be full grown, ready to eat and drink sprouts, but I am so excited to plant today.  Today, I am one day closer to NOT being dependent on Whole Foods or the farmers market for my daily food source.  I will say though, Mark, one of the owners from Rhibafarms, is the NICEST man. We chatted at length about wheatgrass and sunflower sprouts ... very interesting guy.

I already have my trays set up with organic potting mix and ready to accept my seeds ... I suspect this could get a little messy but I am ready to get my poorly manicured hands filthy dirty! Really, all that I need to do is wet the soil, spread the seed and cover.  Water heavily in the mornings and mist in the afternoons while I leave the kids alone and in darkness to germinate. I have considered some lovely classical music playing in the background so they don't feel alone and afraid ... :0

I want to congratulate my friend Kirk on his first batch of wheatgrass which we harvested and juiced yesterday. He and his son consumed 1 oz each of beautiful, green, chlorophyl filled perfection. It was an excellent batch for his first attempt and I gave him some important tips that I picked up at Hippocrates to make his next batch even better.  It is so nice to have friends that will attend the Phoenix Public Market with us when is is 100 degrees at 10am, then hang out while I juice my veggies and stay for a 100% raw food meal. They were fascinated by fare while my husband was eating a tuna fish sandwich. I should add, however, that my husband did come around and enjoy the rest of the meal with us.  I guess the tuna sandwich was just an appetizer.

Stay tuned to see how the sprouts are coming along ... I will have pictures to follow!



The life so short, the craft so long to learn.— Hippocrates