Re: I gave two sprout lessons today

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I grow catnip outside on my berm, and it grows up about 2 feet.

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Reply-To: <sproutpeople >

Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:21:44 -0700 (PDT)

To: " sproutpeople " <sproutpeople >

Subject: Re: I gave two sprout lessons today

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> I stopped at a thrift shop today to see if I could find an inexpensive

> bookshelf. I am sure I can find one around here sometime. Think I'll tell my

> neighbor, , tomorrow that I need a book shelf that is strong enough to

> hold my garden stuff and he and his lady friend across the street like to go

> looking at yard sales and trash, etc. He found brand new cabinets to put in a

> studio apartment he finished on the side of his mobile. His previous room had

> blown off during the hurricane in 2005. He rebuilt it all with mostly

> salvaged materials. He had fallen off a roof years ago (in Construction

> work) and didn't think he'd walk again, but he has. Most of the bones in his

> legs were broken and sometimes he has major problems with back or feet but he

> does so much to his place and he has a green thumb. I will give him the

> catnip seeds I bought for him (they share a cat). I'll ask him if he wants me

> to get them started. Does it grow about the

> size of greens? Wish I could get baby spinach to grow there, but think I'll

> put in one of the tomato trees. Probably won't grow until the fall as that is

> more of a cool weather plant I think, as is broccoli. I have starters I can

> use in the fall for planting outside. I wsant to start strawberries too but I

> think we have to get little plants, bare root or something. Guess I have to

> study propagating.

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> I am going to copy your shelf idea as it sounded great. I want to grow

> sunnies (I got a big can of them). along with the sprouts. Eventually I'll

> do a tray or two of microgreens. From what one of the videos said, it might

> be only 7 weeks or so before the greens come up in the Aerogarden. We'll see.

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> Did you see the video where a guy really had plants planted in coconut in

> coir? That was interesting and I'd not have thought they were big enough for

> that.

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> Carolyn Wilkerson

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> From: Melody <eliz7212@... <mailto:eliz7212%40verizon.net> >

> To: sproutpeople <mailto:sproutpeople%40yahoogroups.com>

> Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:01 PM

> Subject: I gave two sprout lessons today

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> The first one was to our Access a ride bus driver who was driving us to the

> mall. He heard me talking to Alan about his blood test results and his a1c and

> I was going over his results.

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> The guy says " Do you know anything about diabetes? " and I sais " sure, what do

> you need to know " . 30 minutes later the guy knew all about sprouting, about

> broccoli sprouts, I showed him the videos on my Flip and he took my youtube id

> so he could watch my sprouting videos.

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> Alan was going " oh my god, you talk to EVERYBODY " . LOL

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> Then tonight my next door neighbor (who had never seen my living room shelf

> system, well I said to her 'want to see something cool? " she came in and let

> me tell you, she was ooooohing and aaaahing and when I showed her the coco

> coir, she got hysterical.

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> As she left my house, her kids were coming home and she yelled out 'She grows

> things in coconuts " . I got hysterical.

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> Taught her all about sprouts and microgreens and everything.

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> Today was a good teaching day.

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> Melody

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