Since I am in Colorado right now with no sewing machine and no garden to call my own I have had to be creative about the recent posts. Be creative or completely ignore the original sowing and sewing that this blog was intended for. Forgiveness please.
But, I have a bit of a real gardening post for you! Pretty exciting if you ask me =)
Anyways, Jared’s parents live in northern Colorado right by the mountains. I can’t stop looking at them and will miss them when we leave. Jared’s mom has a little garden out back that has kale, tomatoes, hot peppers, onions and lettuce. It is not very big but it has been spitting out food for us all week. Delicious.
On the other side of their backyard they have a bird feeder that attracts mostly red-winged blackbirds but also house finches and other birds that I have no idea what they are because I am not from Colorado.
This afternoon she was picking some weeds around her yard and came across some sunflower seedlings that were sprouting underneath the bird feeder from the stray seeds.
I thought back to a few years ago when one of our family friends had sprouted the black seeds that come in a huge bag.
The couple has grown flats and flats of them in their greenhouse so they could eat them on salads and on sandwiches throughout the year. So I picked a few from her yard and after washing them, we ate them. They were so delicious!
Here is a link that explains the proper way to grow your own sunflower sprouts:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/1979-11-01/Sunflower-Sprouts.aspx
So have fun and enjoy one of the most delicious snacks on the face of the planet. And the best news is, it only takes ten days. (Almost) instant gratification!
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