Guest guest Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Does anybody grow your own raw foods,like sprouts.I dont have a good source for organic foods.I would like to grow my own,so i would know whats actually in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Growing your own foods is a wonderful way to make sure you know what's in your food and where it came from. It takes a bit of a committment if you're doing more than growing some sprouts but it's well worth the work. We grow on about a half acre for ourselves and for a local farmers' market. We also have goats, chickens, and bees for no-chemical eggs, honey, and raw milk (for us non-vegans!). Any little bit you grow yourself will benefit you. I believe that nurturing and being in contact with growing things in itself is therapeutic. A jar of sprouts or a couple of tomato or pepper plants in containers is a wonderful way to get started. I wouldn't jump into growing on a half acre for your first try.<g> JennMarie = ) >>>>> Does anybody grow your own raw foods,like sprouts.I dont have a good source for organic foods.I would like to grow my own,so i would know whats actually in it. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 rawfood , " burkhalterfrank " <burkhalterfrank wrote: > > Does anybody grow your own raw foods,like sprouts.I dont have a good > source for organic foods.I would like to grow my own,so i would know > whats actually in it. > I've been growing my own bean/seed sprouts for a few months. It couldn't be easier. I bought a sprouter (like a glass dome with three shelves with lots of holes in) so can grow three lots at once (so you are never without)and so long as you water them a couple of times a day there's nothing to it. Alfalfa and brocolli is a very tasty mix. If you don't want to buy a sprouter, use old jam jars with a piece of thin cloth fastened over the top. Can water daily, and pour the excess water off through the cloth. Keep some-where reasonably warm, and depending on seeds used, harvest between 4 and 7 days later. But the sprouter is best for simplicity and results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 just check any book by Ann Whigmore and it will give you good instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 You don't have to have a sprouter at first I did not and it does good in a quart jar or even a gallon one. It is best if you do have some Hydrogen peroxide. We did without even that for years when it was hot we could not grow the sprouts but with the Hydrogen Peroxide we can. I do have a sprouter now and like it very well. Sprouts were the first raw food we ever ate you could say because I would grow them so offen. That is the one thing my family still likes that I do eat. Theresa \o/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 What role does the peroxide provide? Kendra ________________________________ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of potato Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:19 PM rawfood ; tim Re: [Raw Food] Re: growing raw foods You don't have to have a sprouter at first I did not and it does good in a quart jar or even a gallon one. It is best if you do have some Hydrogen peroxide. We did without even that for years when it was hot we could not grow the sprouts but with the Hydrogen Peroxide we can. I do have a sprouter now and like it very well. Sprouts were the first raw food we ever ate you could say because I would grow them so offen. That is the one thing my family still likes that I do eat. Theresa \o/ ,_._,___ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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