2022 Frugal Living Challenge

Bluegreen143

@London_1 think it’s when you sow leafy plants to just harvest them when they are small as salad greens rather than let them grow big. You can get a harvest very quickly as you’re only letting them grow a small amount then just snip the whole thing into your salad bowl. Herbs, salad leaves, peas to grow just for the shoots etc. 

willow_loulou

London_1 said:

Sorry you have been poorly ,hope things take a turn for the better Out of interest what's a micro green harvest ?
JackieO xx

Micro greens are things like cress or pea shoots that you can grow all year round. They’re similar to eating sprouted things but with more growth. I was gifted some mixed seeds after my eBay order didn’t arrive

Elisheba

willow_loulou said:

London_1 said:

Sorry you have been poorly ,hope things take a turn for the better Out of interest what's a micro green harvest ?
JackieO xx

Micro greens are things like cress or pea shoots that you can grow all year round. They’re similar to eating sprouted things but with more growth. I was gifted some mixed seeds after my eBay order didn’t arrive

Do you grow them in soil, or in damp cottonwood like we used to do with cress? 

willow_loulou

You can do soil or you can buy a special container substrate thing. I just used a small amount of soil in cut up milk bottle 

London_1

Elisheba said:

willow_loulou said:

London_1 said:

Sorry you have been poorly ,hope things take a turn for the better Out of interest what's a micro green harvest ?
JackieO xx

Micro greens are things like cress or pea shoots that you can grow all year round. They’re similar to eating sprouted things but with more growth. I was gifted some mixed seeds after my eBay order didn’t arrive

Do you grow them in soil, or in damp cottonwood like we used to do with cress? 

Gosh I remember growing mustard and cress as a little girl at school over 70 odd years ago I had forgotten all about it.i used to love an egg and cress sandwich and the smell of the cress is lovely. Haven't had cress for years Sound like a good plan 
JackieO xx

Primrose

Pea shoots are a nice little luxury to grow on a winter window sill.
 Just put an inch of compost/soil in a dish or even several layers of damp kitchen roll or a small square of old towelling.

 Sprinkle on a layer of cheap dried soup peas. No need to buy expensive packets of sprouting seeds from a garden centre.

Keep the base material moist. Your peas will soon start sprouting. Snip off for a garnish as needed.

YoungBlueEyes

I wish I’d read that before I went shopping. I love pea shoots, I’d no idea they were that easy!

Primrose

You live and learn Young Blue Eyes .  My first attempt many years ago was with the expensive sprouting seeds packs . When I realised they looked identical to my dried soup pea packs at a fraction of the cost I decided to experiment. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" as they say!

annieb64

I planted some peas in a thin layer of compost a couple of days ago. They are sprouting already. I got a packet of dried peas from the wholefood shop. Last summer we planted some in the garden and got a good crop of peas.

YoungBlueEyes

Would they need heat to germinate? My kitchen windowsills are bright but cold….