About a week ago!
I’m hosting the family Easter dinner at my house this year-and how cute would a wheat grass centerpiece with some Easter Eggs nestled on it have been? Something like this-but without the baseball theme:
Photo by FloraTech via Photobucket.comMartha Stewart has directions on her site. I think that it would be a fairly inexpensive centerpiece to put together. I have potting soil in the basement, and could scrounge up a shallow container to grow it in-the grass seed would be the only expense.
But of course it takes approximately 10 days just to sprout, so I haven’t left myself quite enough time. Oh well. Next year.
Great idea and it is good for you too. Annette
Wheat grass doesn’t take ten days of lead time to sprout if you soak the wheat berries in lukewarm water first, until they start to pop open. Then simply place them in the wet dirt under a soaked paper towel, and they will be growing within a couple of days! The soaking is perfect insurance for speeding up the process… my only recommendation would be changing the Yankee emblem for a Red Sox one, but that’s a personal opinion. =)
Jerry
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It’s a cute centerpiece… as long as you don’t have pets! Wheat grass is a treat for my cats. If I put it out on my table, they’d be up there gnawing on it all the time!
I second that it does not take 10 days to sprout. We have used wheat grass at Easter for years. A friend makes a tradition of soaking the wheat overnight and then planting it on Palm Sunday around the base of her Easter egg tree (a branch, usually forsythia or pussy willow.) It does not take on the height of your photo but it is a couple of inches by Easter (and a nice thing for children to notice during the week)
I also sow wheat grass in random pots or cafe au lait mugs or whatever for a lovely (cheap) seasonal decoration.
By the way, if you have to but more wheat kernels than you need for one year, I have used kernels from the same back for at least three years with no problems sprouting.
Thanks guys! This is why I love you all, you know more than I do 🙂
Jerry and Rachel-I guess I’ll be planting some wheat grass and seeing how it goes 🙂
Ewokgirl-I’m a catless household-so as long as I can keep Princess and Buddy out of it I’ll be ok.
Hi Jen, I use wheat grass all the time for centerpiece and you don’t need to get any soil. Just take the containers and put them right into your bowl (or what you are using).
Have fun! I’ve used this idea for years and even just plain, it’s so refreshing!