The video didn't pop up, I hope it does, but if it doesn't the title of the video is:
DIY Wool Mattress Topper (easy no sew), It shows a woman hand looping a wool blanket/mattress topper with slightly felted wool Roving generally used for spinning.
I am going to make one for myself ...I really want one! My apartment get's so cold in the winter.
I ran across this video a few weeks back when I was looking for a smaller mattress for my Chevy Blazer so I wouldn't have to stay in a hotel when I drove up to Michigan to see my sister.
I wanted something soft and warm but being the picky person I am I also wanted it to be natural. I even toyed with the idea of using a mattress ticking bag/mattress cover filled with straw - Lol Any way whatever I chose for the base I think I want this on top for it's warmth and softness.
Yes it is sch 40, but I should have gotten the kind used in electrical work because it has UV protection on it.
I've heard of some people painting their pipe to protect it. A single layer of plastic over the pipe seems to cause it to degrade faster than the pipe alone. I'd wondered about wrapping it in old Takeout Chinese dinner pans or pie plates if you can scrounge a bunch of them, or even cut up t-shirt material? Duck tape will disintegrate in the sun also, so even though it would be easy, I wouldn't do it.
Keep us posted as your project evolves!
No good at this quote thing... I'll have to figure out how to take sections.
I don't do take out Chinese food or any take out food, but I am comfortable with paint. There is also greenhouse tape for the PVC to keep it from reacting with the plastic.
The knee board sounds like a good idea. I thought of something similar. To cut one 8' PVC section in half and put it on either side, glue the fittings to the 10' center arch and leave them 24 hours to cure before I assemble the hoop. I also planned a cross bar that goes from the front door frame of my green house to the back door frame so it keeps the hoops separated and supported near the top. Yes it is sch 40, but I should have gotten the kind used in electrical work because it has UV protection on it. I also plan to run a rail down the sides at just about 4' that ties into the front and back walls. I am using walls so I can put in vents, fans, windows and doors, so hopefully I can have the structure last until I want to move it or take it down. I got my general idea from "Retired at 40" youTube channel his build a greenhouse in a day for under 150.00. His is a 10' by 10' greenhouse. I wanted a slimmer footprint because of where I live. If I do the knee board as you describe but just make it a little taller I might be able to go that route too. I'm researching options now. The hoops in my garden are about 4 to 4 and a half feet tall. If I keep the 6' distance and just make walls I'd only need about 2 1/2' to 3' walls that I can cover separately or maybe cover with screens and just use plastic in the Fall and Winter. Lot's of ideas forming, just one person here though. I'd love to try them all.
I'm going to try to post the other 3 pictures, I said 4 in my other post but I just noticed that one was a duplicate.
Thank you Ebo, I had a hard time finding you. My email link took me back to the Gear forum, I didn't realize it was put in greenhouses too.
I was fortunate that I didn't need supplemental heat. My garden is quite a distance from my apartment and I'd have to leave a door or window open to fish an extension cord out to the garden. It's doable, just not practical.
As I research my actual greenhouse build I have found some creative ideas on both heating and cooling the interior of the space. I will try to post as I go.
Hey it worked, it didn't show in the preview so I thought it was lost. I have four more to add to this so give me a minute to wake my bum up. I'll be back in a few.
Okay I give up, Img don't work, I'm not putting pic's in the cloud, and attachment doesn't work either, which I tried the first time and lost everything including all my writing, and again this last time but at least the story is there.
I am trying again, I don't work very fast so the site times me out before I can finish a post. This
time I am writing it all in notepad first
I don't know if using the stuff you have on hand as gear rather than using it for it's intended
purposes qualifies this post for this forum or not, but the fact that Mr Fokin took what he had to
make what he needed, made me think I could do this.
I am going to build a greenhouse that I can stand up in, yet narrow enough so it doesn't
interfere with the other requirements for my little corner of the apartment complex. Among the parts
to build it is some 18" rebar stakes, pretty expensive if you ask me, but I only need 10 and I
don't have the equipment to cut it, so, I bought it.
Rebar is regularly used in cement work but I am using it as a type of post anchor for the PVC
pipe to make the hoops of my greenhouse. The pressure of the bend helps it stay in place over the rebar but in order for it to be tall enough I had to use two pvc pipes joined by a connector coupling and glued. I found out quickly though, that you can't bend a jointed 18' of 3/4" PVC into an arc with a base of only 6'. The coupling will not hold, at least not the couplings I have on hand. So instead of being defeated, and giving up I decided to just use one 10' section at each end of the garden I had so far. I'd worry about the rest of it later, along with exactly where to put the greenhouse. I now know I have some modifications to make.
I was in a panic about losing my tender babies I got the idea of skipping the frame I worked on for the greenhouse and just focus on a way to hold plastic off my plants for a day or two so they would survive this cold snap. I could always uncover them during the day. Then it just hit me that I didn't really need the frame anyway not for this short time and I could just use the rebar without it. The frame is just insurance for longevity.
As a tool I first used the rebar to make holes in the ground for marker stakes that I made from lose twigs and branches that wouldn't hold up to pounding into this hard ground. It was the only thing I could think of at the time, now my long screwdriver is coming to mind, oh well too late now. I also used it to make furrows for my radish, bean and Brussels sprout seeds.
Come to think of it PVC isn't meant for hoop-houses any more than rebar was meant to anchor it in place, so I'll take this as a double win for creativity... or just panic mode clear thinking.
Welcome, It's been a while. I remember the first time I saw this tool I was living in Michigan and didn't need much more than a spoon to work the soil. But I'm in Missouri now and the soil structure is very different. I have a lot of rocks here so sharpening would be a constant chore. But it would sure make working the clay soil a little easier. I'm glad to see you back.
I love listening to you talk, also when you have other people in the podcast I will relisten to some of them so it sounds like people sitting in the kitchen having a conversation. I reminds me of childhood when my parents would sit and play cards with other people and talk 'til the wee hours. They always made me go to bed but the voices would drift into my room and it was nice to fall asleep with the chatter in the background.
If I haven't already heard the podcast though I can't sleep, I have to put one on that I haven't heard before.
Paul,
This is not about the whole book (which I need to reread, like two more times ) but the part about the light bulbs. I am so on your side or you're on mine, either way we are in the same camp when it comes to light bulbs. Someone pointed out to me a very long time ago that incandescent is very nearly the same spectrum as the sun, (not intensity) and the others have severe deficiencies of "important for humans" colors. I don't have that particular information handy but some of the colors are in the yellow spectrum, which is important for health. As is green. I'm sure other colors are too. But those stuck out in my mind. I love regular bulbs (incandescent). I have to get appliance bulbs just to be able to use them. I do so happily. Unfortunately my apartment owner, replaces my bulbs with the curly florescent ones.
I did find an article that somewhat describes what I mean about the spectrum, but it's not as detailed meaning it doesn't show where the missing bands are, instead it shows dips in the graph.
I'm sure you've seen the article, but in case you haven't there is a link below. I prefer quality over quantity in everything... of course then there is you where quality and quantity are about even.
Back story, sort of... Sunlight, Candle light, and incandescent light are "Continuous Spectrum" light sources. the others are not and void of important colors.
"There is also the matter of quality of light. Fluorescent lights produce a quality of light that limits the colors projected. This can create an unpleasant atmosphere in a space. On the other hand, incandescent light gives a continuous spectrum of light, most closely mimicking daylight or sunlight or the illumination of thousands of candles."
It does get into the energy savings thing too, but, it at least tells you what you lose by doing so.
Oh Jocelyn,
But those green underneath are certainly not bitter, Lambs quarters are my favorite. But they do not like living where I live. I have a very hard time finding them.
My family doesn't understand about foraging, so when I forage on there property and try to go back I usually find an empty space in the name of saving me from myself. Lol
Little do they know, I know they are trying to protect me but it is frustrating.
Evelyn
The alert for your last comment ended up in my spam folder so sorry it took so long to acknowledge it. I probably should check the spam folder more often. Lol
Marco Banks, In one of Bill Mollison's lectures he said that snails live in plants that make a natural fire break, another one is Comfrey also very good biomass. In that same lecture he said that you could put up an electric fence to keep snails out, by using a piece of 1/2 or 3/4 inch PVC pipe and stringing a wire on it to a little solar battery.
I ran into this question on facebook a few months back and someone mentioned Pumpkins. I googled Pumpkins to control bindweed and came up with an article on Mother Earth Living, and in the second paragraph I found these statements:
"Another strategy is to plant a weed’s adversary; planting pumpkins to control bindweed, for example. Pumpkin fights bindweed in two ways. First, it exudes chemicals from its roots that are unfavorable to bindweed. Secondly, its viney growth pattern crowds bindweed and therefore inhibits its growth. While there are no other plants known to chemically inhibit the growth of another, you can strive to plant desirable plants that grow in a fashion similar to the weed you are trying to control. In other words, give those weeds some healthy competition. Also, in areas of the garden that seem to be particularly weedy, any fast-growing plant will help to crowd out the weeds."
I don't know if you want to grow pumpkins or not, but it might cover two problems one the bind weed and the other food for the winter.
Guys, it's time to learn. I just read Paul's book on Kickstarter Techniques, yes he told me not to buy it, it's not finished, but hey, I knew there would be some good information in there so I bought it anyway. I am so glad I did, I will definitely have to read it again, Sooo much information but it is really well explained.
He starts it off with his first exposure to the banking loan system and how utterly picky they are, touches on other forms of money generating organizations, nonprofits and such, exposes their nasty side then, settles on his Uncle who along with the bank gets his first loan. Some really good story there. then he goes into the Kickstarter stuff. He touches on all his kickstarters, all eight of them but uses the last two to illustrate the formula in more detail. Even how he came up with all the goodies. What is really nice is that he highlights the issues he had to work out and how he did it.
There is a lot he hasn't done yet, and I don't know enough to ask questions at this point but I feel that I could get one started now at least get a rough draft of one. Then perhaps get some help to color it in. and bold the strokes. In fact I was seeing flashes of my Little Box Patterns Website Launch in my mind as I read.
I will likely need some more clarification later as I get into this. But for now I am so honored that I got the chance to read it.
I will post again. and give updates. If anyone thinks I should post this in another thread please let me know as this thread is at least two years old now. I really want you all to know what a wonderful book this is, even though it isn't finished yet. I'm sure I'll think of more to add after I close out and try to sleep. Anyway here is the link to his book should you decide to take a peek.
I know you told me not to buy it, but I couldn't help it. It was very important that I knew something. I thought I'd have to figure it out by reading it all, but you answered it early on at the end of one of the paragraphs right there in black and white, word for word what I wanted to know, and allowed me to enjoy reading the rest of it, which made me very happy that I gave you $25.00 for an unfinished book. BTW smooth adaptations, thank you.
I want to give this my full attention but it's so late I'm having a hard time thinking so I wanted to let you know I am grateful for your advice and want to explore it further.
As for the Launch thing I've decided against it. I did some other digging on the internet and found out whats behind the dazzle. I'm officially awake now, I was really drawn in. So glad I didn't have the money when the cart opened. It'll stay open 'til Friday but I'm good. I got some really good information from his free stuff, and I will reconsider at a later date. I'm not into the scarcity thing as a means to get sales, unless it is an organic scarcity.
I do need to change a lot about my website and I do like the wysiwyg type web building I had one in earthlink way back when. I haven't heard of BlueGriffon but I did hear about Komposer.
I do think it's time I jump ship from my hosting site too, they were very helpful back 6 or 7 years ago, really great back in 2008. Not so much anymore.
Well didn't have anyone post anything but a lot of lookers.
I got impatient so I posted the abbreviated question on google, ended up at a site that had 7 comments, so I read the article, then read the comments.
It is essentially all based on scarcity, usually manufactured, false or phony scarcity, but some businesses do have real scarcity like one of a kind stuff, or a finite number of items.
Basically kick starter is based on the launch principal. The kick starter provides the platform or open cart portion of the program, which is in this case also the container, for the whole sideways sales letter formula based on Jeff's Launch formula, 1) the Opportunity, 2) the Transformation, 3) Ownership/Buyer, 4)Enrollment/Product Delivery.
It removes/hides the ethics problem by creating real scarcity.
Has anyone here ordered Jeff Walkers, "Launch Course"? What do you think of it, is it worth doing, in your opinion.
I listened to podcast "Podcast 374 - How to do a kickstarter - part 1" https://permies.com/t/65954/Podcast-kickstarter-part#990091, in it Paul told Erica to read the book Launch by Jeff Walker. Well I figured if it was worth telling her to read it, it was worth reading myself, so I ordered it and read it, actually still reading it.
Now Jeff Walker has a Launch for his 2019 course going on, and the cart closes on Friday, open cart was on Monday, Luckily I didn't have the cash right then, because I was totally sucked in to buy. Okay in the comments I asked Paul if he had taken the course, so he directed me here to this forum. I couldn't find a thread that seemed to match. I am getting frustrated here, so I just going to put what I already wrote to Paul. I don't know how to do the little inset thing so please don't laugh.
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Did you ever buy Jeff Walkers course on Launching, or were you able to get what you needed from his book?
I got the book "Launch" and reading it "Wonderful recommendation" thank you.
Jeff Walker is having his Launch for this year "2019, September" now. I went through the Free Master Class, totally excited to join. But also totally scared, a lot of "what if's" are creeping in. And he is a master at selling, I am usually pretty immune to this kind of stuff, but he hooked me. I'm glad I didn't have the cash ready by the end of his open cart video. I've got 'til midnight on Friday now to decide.
I have a small website for box patterns that I totally broke and am way frustrated over, so I've been just paying for it's space until I can fix it and reignite the spark that got me started. You can still get on the site and look around. I am totally lost with the constant changes that happens in a WP website, every time I think I understand whats going on they update it, or a plug in updates, and make it hard to understand again. So all I'm doing is figuring out how to fix it rather than using it. By the time I have it put back together I'm totally deflated, and all my creativity has been sucked right out of me. It also feels so bulky, it's the only way I know how to describe it, like I can't breath when I'm working on my website.
I get tunnel vision when I start working on stuff, nothing else matters, so if I get sucked into a detailed problem I'm in trouble for days because nothing else gets done.
A Launch, might work for my little website. It'll likely never be a site to retire on but I figured if I launch twice a year, once for jewelry crafters (July) and once for Christmas shoppers (early December), it would be a nice little up-tick in my finances at the right times of year.
I never thought to post it here in Permies because it's not about permaculture, but here it goes, www.giftboxesnow.com
Well, if you can comment that would be appreciated but I totally understand if you don't.
I really hate being in this position, sort of damned if I do, and damned if I don't. Though 2000. is a lot of money for a person in my current situation, even with a payment plan. If it really does work it might pay for it's self. I will seek the advice of the forum, thank you.
I wanted to do this in email, it might be a bit sensitive. Question first.
Did you ever buy Jeff Walkers course on Launching, or were you able to get what you needed from his book?
I got the book "Launch" and reading it "Wonderful recommendation" thank you.
Jeff Walker is having his Launch for this year "2019, September" now. I went through the Free Master Class, totally excited to join. But also totally scared, a lot of "what if's" are creeping in. And he is a master at selling, I am usually pretty immune to this kind of stuff, but he hooked me. I'm glad I didn't have the cash ready by the end of his open cart video. I've got 'til midnight on Friday now to decide.
I have a small website for box patterns that I totally broke and am way frustrated over, so I've been just paying for it's space until I can fix it and reignite the spark that got me started. You can still get on the site and look around. I am totally lost with the constant changes that happens in a WP website, every time I think I understand whats going on they update it, or a plug in updates, and make it hard to understand again. So all I'm doing is figuring out how to fix it rather than using it. By the time I have it put back together I'm totally deflated, and all my creativity has been sucked right out of me. It also feels so bulky, it's the only way I know how to describe it, like I can't breath when I'm working on my website.
I get tunnel vision when I start working on stuff, nothing else matters, so if I get sucked into a detailed problem I'm in trouble for days because nothing else gets done.
A Launch, might work for my little website. It'll likely never be a site to retire on but I figured if I launch twice a year, once for jewelry crafters (July) and once for Christmas shoppers (early December), it would be a nice little up-tick in my finances at the right times of year.
I never thought to post it here in Permies because it's not about permaculture, but here it goes, www.giftboxesnow.com
Well, if you can comment that would be appreciated but I totally understand if you don't.
After hearing your podcasts, I think that is such a great idea. I'd love to read that. Your success inspires me, as does the success of the people who listen to you. So I ordered that book "Launch", I figured if it was good enough for you to put so much emphasis on it for Erica, it must be a necessary step.
I am so behind in my internet-stuff education; things are just moving on as I struggle to comprehend what's in front of me. Oh and if an emergency life change happens... well... more behind and confused. It almost seems like I'm starting over every time I try to do something.
Is there any basic stuff that doesn't change, that I should know about?
Thank you, Paul finally gave the name of the book in the 2nd part, thank you for getting back to me with that. I have been teased like that before, and it's not fun. I staid up 'til 4 in the morning, and listened to all three podcasts. I will have to listen again. There is such wonderful information in those. Especially with Erica in there too. I can't recall the other ladies name but she asked some really good questions.
I also listened to one of his residual income podcasts too. I want to try some of it myself. I am thinking of ways to incorporate products into stories. Another podcast I will have to listen to again, or three times. I love listening to him talk though so it's easy.
I have to say this was a good podcast, all three. I will have to listen to them again though, I missed a lot, or it just hasn't sunk in yet or I have no reference to hook it to. It was indeed fun. Again thank you guy's for putting this on.
This is so great, thank you for this podcast. I have such respect for your candid information. The format is like eaves-dropping, wonderful. I have a very limited budget but I managed to make sure there was 60 dollars in my account when the time came to fund your book, Building a Better World in Your Back Yard, then you offered the Audio at 100, I literally cried there was no way I could do it in time. But I'm so glad you have all these other podcasts to console me.
Erica your book on building Rocket mass heater is the second gem in my library next to Bill Mollison's Permaculture, A Designers Manual. And when Pauls book shows up it will be my third gem. I was even more broke when yours came out so it was two years before I could get it. I still want the DVD's... Eventually.
Well the reason I'm listening besides I like to is because I am planning a kickstarter, and wanted to know some stuff. Like what book did you suggest to Erica to read? Any way I was going to try to make this happen by November but you have clearly shown me, that, that is a little over energetic and I may be doomed to fail. I do not want to fail.
My issue is immediate though, I have a house full of fleas and I wanted to do a book or video on how to get rid of them naturally. Not just a 3 minute whatever thing that tells people what to buy, but an in the trenches move the junk and clutter, box or bag the stuff to wash or solarize (cook them in black plastic bags in the sun) and basically hold peoples hand as they go through the process with me. I also wanted to be friendly to their natural predators, spiders, ants and beetles. Yes I am a typical girl, but I also value the ecosystem. Any way I am low income I am in at least 4 facebook groups and people seem to like me. In one, which is "The Idea Party with Barbara Sher" I posted my wish to be rid of the fleas and the obstacles to making that happen. One member suggested I try a GoFundMe page. So I started looking around and remembered you did crowd funding for your book and came here to find out what you knew that I could use. I also realize I will have to actually do the job, video and all before I can make a Kickstarter or be eaten alive, me and my two cats. And worry about the making money part later. I want to call it "How to Get Rid Of Fleas Naturally in Less than a Month" if I don't get the money I will have to add... On a Shoestring!
Yay!! I found this podcast, so thank you all three, I am moving on to part 2 now, but I still want to know the title of that book you recommended to Erica. I love to read!
Thank you, Nicole Alderman, I kinda thought so but I'd be really sad if I was wrong. I have this "Sometimers" thing going on, where, sometimes I'm here, and sometimes I'm not. I really do have a cluttered mind, but I'm working on that. I finally settled on a plan to go forward, rather than in a scribble pattern of bouncing from one thing to another. My focus is now 80% forward, and 20% gawking at everything else. So my path is still swervy but at least it's forward. Health, and Income are my focus, in that order.
I am not really new to Permies, I read a lot and look at pretty pictures. But I have found myself in need of some really basic information because I backed the "Building a Better World in Your Back Yard" book. I would like to know how long I have access to my goodies. It was wonderful that I could download the Sepp podcasts, then listen to a few of them a day without going on line. But that isn't so with the other goodies, or the playing cards.
I got mostly physical books because most of the people I would share them with are not interested in using computers, and the physical book is perfect. Maybe the book will inspire a few of them to venture onto the computer but I'm not holding my breath.
I want to say here too, that I am excited to be receiving the books, and the October arrival time is perfect for some winter down time.
Thank you Paul for your creative and witty contribution to permaculture and gardening and all things much less harmful and natural. I'd really rather work on solutions than be mad at Bad Guy's.
Thank you
Evelyn Mitchell
Thank you, thank you. I posted a search in google: "I forgot a batch of kefir in the refrigerator for 4 months, are the grains still good?" This thread was the 5th on the list of hits out of 170,000 results. Pretty good Permies.
My grains also didn't smell bad, though a little like alcohol and what I call a regular kefir smell, maybe a little yeasty. My fridge is kept under 40 degrees, usually between 36 and 40, my target is 36. I am going to get some milk and see if it is still viable. I got grains from two places one a friend and the other from Gem cultures. It proved to be too much and I was already sensitive to milk. That much kefir was overwhelming my body and I developed a bit of a rattle in my chest and some stuffiness, so I backed off for a while.
I'm better now and wanted to try it again, paying closer attention to how much I drink of course. I just can't ignore the benefits to my gut. The only other option is to continue buying it already made. Lifeway makes an organic plain Kefir that tastes really good. I keep (drink) it 'til it's gone, about two or three weeks. I sometimes strain it for whey, and use the strained kefir like sour cream, and the whey for fermentation starter.
Where I'm having trouble is the editing, pictures and layout. It's very important to me that the images show up well in black and white so that they show on an e-reader.
I'm thinking that permies people would make a good audience so when it's ready, I plan to sell some on the digital market here. It also allows me to give affiliate fees to people who advertize the book on their site. The theory is I'm crap at marketing, but other people are good at it and I want to reward them with cash.
When taking photos with the standard 35mm camera using b/w film, I used a yellow colored filter to increase contrast and sharpen detail. I haven't tried it in a paint program but it might work. Or, take the photo in b/w mode with a yellow tinted filter over the shutter. If you don't have access to filters there might be some yellow cellophane left over from Easter at a dollar store near you. Improve is fun.
I was drawn to this article for the writing, got sucked into Davids world for a couple hours, yes his videos are awesome, spent some quality time on the IRS website, I feel like I can sleep now. I hope I've helped in a small way.
I agree with Joe. I lived in Michigan, very wet over fall and most of winter. I stored clothing, books and other highly "Moldable" items outside in a small tarped, wooden trailer, it had 3 bars bent sort of like a roof, about 120 - 110 degrees. The first thing my dad told me when I bought it for this purpose was to lay 1 x 2's on the floor so air could flow under things, and make sure that nothing touched the tarp, because water flows similar to electricity at contact points with canvas, with plastic water condenses and can flow from those points. "Air flow" was the point he was trying to make.
I used that trailer as my shed/storage unit for more than 10 years. The storage unit my stuff was in was costing me $70.00 a month. I always felt blessed to have it. It never let my things draw damp... unless I left the tarp pulled back. It dried quickly though on those few occasions.
I like what Julia Winter said about her grand daughter telling her daughter, "When I was a little child, we used to flush our toilets with drinkin' water!!" Reminded me of the walking to school line.
Anyway this was a most interesting thread. I also liked the article
What got my interest though was that this is where I heard about sawdust being used to trap urine and keep it from smelling so it could be composted or as it composted in the 5 gallon bucket for a year. Not recalling how that went just now but you get the idea, I hope.
Hi I'm in the Ozarks too. Pulaski County Missouri. Here we grow Red clay, Sand, and Rocks. Topsoil is nearly nonexistent, but I'm hoping good dense cover crop and heavy mulching will be at least part of the answer. I'm also looking into soil biology, maybe the biology of nearby forested areas can increase the speed of topsoil production.
I joined the Master Gardeners, which is connected to the University of Missouri Extension Center, (http://mg.missouri.edu/) so I could help local residents with their planting needs while I learned the local ecosystem and how to work with it. I am originally from Michigan, a land of abundant topsoil, and nearly zero rocks at least around where I was. So I have a very large learning curve.
I will try to bring my story here, or in a new thread as I go along.
Missouri Master Gardeners do like Comfrey! I was glad to hear that.
I was all ready to post a long reply about wanting to make an income other than working for someone else, when the phone rang. The someone else wants me to come in on my day off. Since it's one of 3 days off this week I decided to do it. But I really want to change the way I make money to live on.
@elle Until Tom said he wanted to grow pea shoots I didn't know they were used, I sprout lentils, quinoa and navy beans. I haven't tried any of the newer ones yet. I'd like to try sunflower, radish, and buckwheat also Amaranth is supposed to be good too, I usually use the jar method with a fine netting over the opening and let them drain between rinses, until they get about 3/4 of an inch, or longer for the lentils and beans.
So I don't know what a pea sprout tastes like.
Evelyn
PS. The youtube video I saw was sprouting sunflower seeds. I assumed they would work the same way.
Hi Tom, Yes you can grow micro greens without soil because everything the plant needs to get started is in the seed. However the seedling will need soil or nutrients to survive once the roots start heavy branching which is telling you that it is hungry and looking for food. Since you harvest when the first true leaves appear (about 10 - 14 days) that shouldn't be too much of a problem. Soil does improve the taste of the greens though.
Water will work for a little while, also gravel if you clean it will help hold the plant up. you can use a shredded paper towel to cover the seeds as if it were soil. Heck you might be able to shred paper towel and use it as a growing medium, just make sure it stays damp, but not too wet. If you do that let me know how it works out. I might try it myself, if I do before you do I'll let you know.
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