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Wheatgrass
The Wheatgrass, 'Friticum aestivum', is used to highlight beautiful pots, make tasty sprouts and it even produces healthy juice. Wheatgrass is the newest ornamental indoor plant craze. It may be hard to believe but beautiful in reality, the fresh, uniform green foliage in beautiful pots is a unique, stunning addition to any table setting or special occasions. For example, Easter eggs nestled in the grass makes a wonderful Easter centerpiece. Wheatgrass is almost as good as fresh pesto in the dead of winter to give you hope that spring will arrive. Just six ounces of Wheatgrass juice, an extract of Wheatgrass seedlings, can supply the daily vitamins and mineral needs of an adult. They also make tasty sprouts. . Plant in a pot or container at a depth of about 1/8 inch. The plants will emerge in 3 to 7 days. You can harvest the Wheatgrass at about 7 inches in height and process for the juice. Grow them under florescent lights or in a very bright window or outside. ... additional info
Bean Pole - Snap - Kentucky Blue The Bean Pole Snap Kentucky Blue, 'Phaseolus vulgaris', is a 1991 All America Winner. This snap bean is very resistant to rusts and mosaic virus. In addition, the pole snap beans will use less garden space by growing vertically on a pole, trellis, or teepee made of poles. Snap beans used to be called string beans, but most varieties today are stringless. The Pole Bean Kentucky Blue is an annual and is very frost sensitive. The Kentucky Blue has 6 to 8 inch, tender, dark green, round, straight pods. Plant after the last average frost date. Pole beans, in very warm climates, can be planted in late August for fall harvest. Kentucky Blue beans prefer rich, organic, well drained, warm soils. |
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