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SPROUTING YOUR SEEDS AND
SPROUTING SEEDS AND GRAINS FOR EATING

Sprouting Seeds

Sprouting your Heirloom seeds is very easy - if they are viable, they will usually sprout after an overnight soaking within 1 to 7 days. You should have lovely little sprouts poking their little tails and heads from their seed case sooner than later. We have had almost 100% sprouting success with our Heirloom seeds so far.

Sprouting Grains and Seeds for Eating

One of the best things you can do for yourself is to sprout your grains and seeds before you eat them. You can make the most delicious recipes.

We feed sprouts to our dog. She eats them up with dinner, and she's doing so much better, healthwise.

We will have instructions about sprouting for eating, shortly.

We will also explain the whys and wherefores of sprouting. Not only will you have the most delicious eating, but you will be doing the healthiest thing possible for your health and well being.

You will stay healthier and younger appearing, longer. You will be the best you can be physically.

Emotionally, you may find yourself more even keeled, balanced, energetic and positive.

That is the gift of great nutrition as the good Lord and Nature intended.

Happy Sprouting Information Coming Soon!

We have a variety of carefully selected Heirloom Seeds

THE LOW-WATER
NATURAL SUPER SOIL
SELF CONTAINED
HEIRLOOM GROW SYSTEM

To start, soak your seeds overnight in a small amount of clean, fresh water so that they get a chance to absorb all the moisture they need. After their soaking, you can then plant them into your moist natural super soil 1/4 to 1/2 inch beneath the surface. They like the dark. They will not need direct sunlight for several weeks. In fact, direct sun is not good for young sprouts and seedlings.

We like to plant two sprouts together. Perhaps they like a friend to compete with.

Below is a picture of self-contained, simple, transparent 4 by 6 inch plastic containers with nutritious volcanic pumice and super soil.

The soil is reusable year after year and will retain nutrients.
Each container is watered through the straw - the water
goes down into the volcanic pumice reservoir. The special,
natural soil remains moist and just the right consistency.

The plants above are very special mesclun mixed Heirloom tomatoes and sweet romaine lettuce. You may see moss growing - this indicates nutritious soil. The above baby seedlings are only a week or so, old.

Below is a picture after another week or so.

Here's another picture after a few more days:

They grow quickly and beautifully in their self-contained system.

Here, they are several weeks old and growing very well.
They are sitting in a small, regular sized dishpan so that you can see their size. These heirloom tomatoes are a lovely mesclun mixture so each plant will be different.

Here's a closeup pic - notice their healthy growth! They have only been given water twice through their straws.

WATERING YOUR CONTAINERS
The soil is completely natural and may contain little earthworms or rosy soil worms that are so good for the soil. If you find a little worm, just put him in your garden or put him in a safe and moist garden spot in your area. Earthworms are extremely valuable and contribute a great deal of healthy components to the Earth.

Simply take a regular clean container with a little spout and squeeze water through the straw. The water will go down into the natural volcanic pumice reservoir. The roots will gravitate down and be able to have a drink whenever they like.

You can use a little stick to keep your straw clear. You may not find this necessary. Our little kits come with a little bamboo stick.

Just water when the container seems light in weight, the soil appears dry, and the reservoir is empty.

GROWING IN BINS
We grow in containers that are common and can be easily obtained. That way, we can more easily insure that our methods will work for as many people as possible.

A regular plastic transparent storage bin from Target...

Here's a peak into the bin a few days after we first planted our little romaine seedlings.

They seem a little wobbly... They're babies!

Look how they've grown after 1 1/2 to 2 weeks.

Below, see the before and after. We always keep the lid partially on, with a space to allow fresh air through.

Below, we have raised the lid on little redwood sticks from Home Depot. This allow the lettuce to grow tall, have fresh air, help retain moisture in the special soil, and still be protected from the direct soil.

Remember - the transparent sides provide just the right amount of light.

GROWING IN A BUCKET
Below, you will see an heirloom tomato planted in a transparent 10 inch bucket from Home Depot. At the bottom is an inch layer of clean Volcanic Pumice. Above is a nice amount of high quality natural organic special super soil that we highly recommend.

Notice the 1/2 inch straw? You can water your bucket through the straw so that the water goes into the pumice reservoir.

We cut out a round plastic top from a used plastic bag. If you prefer, you can use a glass or ceramic container. With a glass container, you will be able to see your whole plant and the level of water.

Plastic seems to be perfectly safe for growing. We don't recommend letting your containers stay in the full sun, uncovered.

The best light for your containers is morning and dusk sunlight. We use filtered light through the day on outside shelves from Home Depot or any hardware or lumber store.

RAISING WORMS

We raise worms in bins for our own containers and garden. We let water collect on the bottom (keep the container tilted so the worms can stay out of the excess moisture), and mix the worm soil soak with our natural super soil. Our heirloom plants love it.

Here are some of our simple worm bins in a cool, shady spot.

The worms can make beautiful soil when they are happy and well cared for.

Here is an image of wormsoil soak with just natural forest product and that's all.

Wormsoil soak is wonderful. W

We will have more information for you, soon!
Email us with your questions at: support.urgent@gmail.com or sdaff@gmail.com.

We look forward to hearing about your gardening experiences!

If you want us to send you ready-to-go little kits, we will charge $5.00 each.

Each little kit will come with:
- special natural super soil
- inserted straw and stick
- clean volcanic pumice
- wormsoil soak
- scored lid with air holes
- plastic container
- and, ofcourse, don't forget your Heirloom seeds at
99 cents per package.

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