day 3

It's hard to get a good picture but here is the sprouting wheat grass after about 2 days. About an inch tall, woo hoo!

This is Caitlin in her car seat. I don't know how she can sleep that way.......

Thanksgiving Lessons

Not a pretty picture but this is step two for wheat grass. put the soaked seeds in dirt. Now we wait it out for a few days. I read that it needs indirect sunlight so a window sill should be good enough.

The kids think this is crazy. ( growing grass in a cup) but it was a great way to talk about how the Pilgrims came over and started their crops. They didn't have hoses to water, they had to pray for rain. They didn't have a grocery store to go pick up some bread all wrapped up, their grain had to grow first, then harvest it, and then pray some more that it produced enough to get through winter! The Pilgrims first winter in 1621 was a hard one, but the Lord took care of them and they had a day of Thanksgiving to pray and to praise God for taking care of them. They didn't have Thanksgiving every year after that, there was only a day of Thanksgiving when God brought people through a hard time. In 1789, G. Washington had a day of Thanksgiving for a new and free country. It was in 1860 that President Lincoln made the 4th Thursday in November a Thanksgiving Day.

My kids liked the lesson better than planting the seeds. :)

Wouldn't it be something if we all had to plan for Thanksgiving Day by raising a turkey, growing vegetables, fermenting grapes.......and only eating what we produced. I bet I couldn't feed myself let alone my whole family...to be honest, I don't think I will be able to grow wheat grass! :) But if I can get an ounce of juice from my crop........and I hear your giggles when I say crop, I should say my "cup" of seeds, I will thank God!

big sigh

Well I have to say I am glad it's all over. My guy ( and gal ) didn't win, so now we just move forward. I was getting so tired of it all, it just gets worse every election. nuff said...

I have a new project I have been working on. I have been looking into wheat grass. One ounce of this juiced is like having a pound of veggies, and I have read, you can grow it very easy. That sounded like a school project for me! You can plant the seeds and harvest the grass in about a week! You can also take the wheat berry (seed) and sprout it in a jar. Then you can grind up the wheat to make sprouted wheat bread. ( like Ezekiel bread ) It is easier to digest and better for you than flour.

We are going step by step.....so follow along and see what happens

First soak the wheat berries in water over night

So far so good. We'll see what happens...........