I’m not much of a gardener, but I have managed to grow wheatgrass! All you have to do is let it germinate in water, and then place it on the top of the soil, keeping it moist for the first several days. Of course you must water it often thereafter, but following those simple instructions will give you a great crop of highly nutritious grass to add to your vegetable juices.
My brother in law is an avid juicer. He actually has supplied me with all of my wheatgrass see to date, which is four plantings. I’ve been planting my wheathgrass in gardening containers up until today. I made the switch to soil because I noticed the pot planted wheatgrass would only produce one crop while the grass my brother in law planted re-grew after each clipping. So today I dug my first gardening plot. This was quite satisfying. I turned the soil, and discovered what I think could be mycelium:
I first heard of mycelium in a TED talk by Paul Stamets, which I have to say was truly amazing. If you think you know what fungus is, think again and watch his presentation. I’m a fungus newbie, but I’m excited that maybe this is the amazing organism that he describes. I found it just an inch under the soil while turning it over with the shovel to create the planting bed. There was a lot of it. At first I thought it was merely decomposing leaves clumped together, but when I peeled one apart, that distinct mushroom aroma told my nose otherwise.
So I ended up with the little plot you see here:
One day, I plan to be raising my own vegetables on an acre or more of land, so this is the first step and I’d like to commemorate it. In addition, maybe it will encourage others who have yet to start gardening, but always thought of it as something they’d like to try.