I am not certain I will be able to post photos every day of our journey to edible sprouts, but here are a few from day #2.  These were taken prior to the morning rinse.

Today is the first day of my seed sprouter. Yesterday’s post about seed sprouting dropped down on the page because I am still moving prior posts from our other blog over to here. I soaked the seeds overnight and then this morning drained them and place each type of seed in the two seperate trays. The directions called for each rack of seeds to be rinsed under running water. After all of the rinsing and attempts to get the seeds spread out evenly, I placed the sprouter ontop of my refrigerator.

 Here are a few photos of day 1

this was originally posted on 2/3/08 on our first blog attempt 

Is it too early to start seeds? I feel like a kid waiting to go to DisneyWorld.  Are we there yet?

Today, I started preparing my basement garden area for my seed starts.  I covered my table with oil cloth for easy cleanup and then placed my shoplight fixture above. Being in the basement presents a problem for light, so I am consering purchasing some mylar to make best use of the light I have available.

Tomorrow I hope to purchase a seed sprouter online. I have been looking around for a few weeks and I have decided on a sprouter from Gardens Alive. I was excited to receive an email stating that it is the product of the month and 25% off, along with sprouting seeds. Boy, am I glad that I waited.

Every year Gardens Alive  offers $25 off of a $50 purchase (use key code 145695), but unfortunately you cannot use it in conjunction with the 25% off. I am not affiliated with Gardens Alive, but wanted to share a good deal with others. You can sign up for a newsletter with other sales specials and product of the month info.

I am looking forward to some fresh “green” while I wait patiently for spring planting.

As I have mentioned before, I usually do not spend my mornings watching television because it generally sets a tone of laziness for the day, but I watched a bit of Martha this morning. I was excited to see her segment about seed sprouting. My seed sprouter finally came in, but the sprouting seeds were on back-order so it has been sitting in its box tucked away on the back part of the kitchen counter. After finding some alfalfa and nine grain sprouting seed mix, I decided to give it a try. Martha made it sound as if you just placed the seeds in the sprouter and poured water over it every day. Well, either I wasn’t watching close enough, or she left out the part about having to soak the seeds overnight. Boy,was I disappointed to realize that the seeds had to be soaked before placing in the sprouter.

For now I just have a photo of my sprouter, but I hope to show the progress over the next few days.

You can find the sprouter available for purchase in my store located through the link at the top of this page.