How to Sprout Lentils Sprouting is something that everyone can do to grow fresh nutritious food for very little cost. For about five years, the Gustos have been growing ourRead More
Category: Gardening & Sprouting
Growing sprouts at home: update
We have come a long way with sprouting since my last post about it! Here are some pictures and the basics of how we’re sprouting at home. You need: aRead More
More garden pics
We bought two blueberry bushes for $9.00 each, and they are already putting off blueberries. We have seven tomato plants – this one is “husky” cherry tomato! Cucumber in theRead More
Adventures in Gardening
Green beans, black-eyed peas, corn, squash, and snow peas. Everything except the squash is from seed, which was really cheap. We’ve scavenged or found long sticks and pipes for beanRead More
Frugal gardening tips
Before you buy plants, look closely at how many plants there are in the pot. Sometimes you can find up to four or five plants in a single pot, forRead More
Grow your own sprouts: cheap fresh veggies
I love bean sprouts and alfalfa sprouts on salads and sandwiches, but I am not going to pay $3 – $5 per package for them. Right now I’m sprouting thingsRead More
My plants update 3/13/10
My marjoram is hanging in there and starting to spread out and grow a bit. All three rosemary plants almost doubled in size over the week. Growing your own freshRead More
My herb plants
I am so glad that the weather is warming up. Since it was so nice out this weekend I decided to clean up and re-pot the plants on my frontRead More
Grow something!
Last spring was our first try at growing edible plants. Since we live in a rental, we are growing in containers in lieu of a garden. On the the frontRead More