Look at me! Two posts in a week. I am on a roll. 😉
It’s becoming a springtime tradition around here to grow wheat grass.
We usually use the soil-less method…tutorial here.
But this year I thought it would be fun to try it with soil using Christie’s tutorial found here at A Lemon Squeezy Home. I’m hoping it will stave off the mold that starts to develop after a few weeks using the soil-less method. If you use a professional growing medium/pad specifically designed for sprouts, it should work better than a paper towel, but I’m cheap. So soil it is. 🙂
Creating a temporary green house with saran wrap as Christie suggests is genius! It helped speed things along quite nicely.
After soaking my wheat overnight, I laid a nice THICK layer of kernels over some soil I put in a recycled strawberry container. I then kept it in a dark place {well actually I just wrapped it in foil since I ran out of places to put it} for four days, watering it only once a day. This mimics an “under ground” type of environment as it sprouts.
On the third day I removed the plastic wrap but kept it dark under the foil. Then on the fourth day, when it looked like this…
I moved it to a sunny window. After just a day of being fed by the sun, the blades grew green.
Beautiful!
We’ll probably nestle our dyed eggs in it again for some Easter dinner decor.
It makes a great addition to an Easter breakfast table as well.
Simply serve up your hard boiled eggs in a dish of wheat grass.
If you use my soil-less method you will have “rugs” of wheat grass you can cut and place anywhere you need, with ease.
Like in these Recycle Head Men we made for Earth Day last year.
The grass continues to grow wherever you put it, as long as you water it daily. Just be mindful that the roots will start to mold after a few weeks.
We might make some more of these guys this year.
But we’ll see how much energy I have by the end of April. 😉
Even if we don’t. Just the process of growing the grass is fun. My kids (and let’s face it, me too) are always wowed and amazed as we watch it grow so quickly. It gets us charged up to start our spring planting in the garden.
Want some on your Easter table?
Just buy some whole wheat kernels at your local supermarket. Any variation/species should work. I simply used some white wheat from my food storage.
If you get some wheat grass started by this weekend you should definitely have some by April 8!
inspiring! your photographs are gorgeous. i've never heard of the soiless method of doing this before, but it sounds like a great idea.
That's awesome! I'm keeping this one on hand for a summer project. What fun.
Omigosh Delia, your PHOTOS! Gorgeous. What a fun little project!
Oh my goodness–BEAUTIFUL pictures ! Seriously, I love them! That first one is especially amazing. Thanks for linking to me:).
Very cute idea!
Great idea! Also, I see in one of the photos your scrumptious pancakes in the background: I wanted to let you know my daughter asks for these every morning. She loves to help me make them and eats them faster than I ca cook them up 🙂
Oh my heavens, you are so clever!!
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My cat Frosty would LOVE you! hee hee .. I purchase this stuff (already grown) for more $ than I like to admit, for the pure joy of seeing her shove her little face into the green-ness, chomping and I swear .. smiling .. all the while. I think I'll give this a try!
Thanks for posting … meow!
Julie Andrea
i love love love this!
i am just scared my cat would destroy it…but i loved living vicarously through your photos of it!
I've been meaning to start wheat grass since your tutorial was first posted – I guess I should get on it! Just curious, do you ever put it in smoothies?
what amazing fotos! Wow! Love them – and the idea too! 🙂 I also wanted you to know, I just used your cardigan controversion-tutorial to make my own cardigan… you can read about it on my blog in this post: http://kh-handcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/04/cardigan-restyle.html
that first photo is stunning! Gorgeous grass.