My basket after one week.
Once you’ve grown your own grass, you’ll never go back to the plastic stuff. Or even the paper stuff – you’ll quickly discover that they are poor substitutes for the vibrancy of real living wheatgrass sprouting before your eyes. And real grass makes such a beautiful backdrop for frolicking spring animals like handsewn bunnies and felted chicks.
If you start your basket today, you’ll have an inch or so of growth by the weekend.
You’ll need:
plastic to line your basket
soil (I used an organic garden soil from Home Depot)
wheatberries (This had me stumped for a few days as I searched high and low for “wheat grass seeds” – that nobody had. Then I was informed that plain old wheatberries from the bulk bins at Henry’s works well – and of course it does!)
crumpled newspapers if your basket is deep
1. Add crumpled newspapers to your basket so you will only need to add a couple inches of soil.
2. Line your basket with plastic.
3. Add soil and press down.
4. Add seeds.
5. Add another inch of soil.
6. Water and keep damp for a couple days until you see sprouts!
SO EASY – I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST GRASS I’VE EVER SPROUTED!
I hosted a meetup and a dozen moms made their spring baskets with me.