How To Plant a Natural Grass Easter Basket

In a fit of spring fever, my daughter and I planted the grass for her easter basket too soon.  Now the basket needs a serious haircut before the easter bunny comes and finds it too full for treats.

You have just enough time though, even if you procrastinate a few days, you'll have enough time to plant the seeds and watch them grow.
You'll need to go to Whole Foods or some other health food store and buy about one quarter to one half cup of wheat berry seeds.  Before you plant them, you'll need to soak the seeds overnight in some tepid water.
Put an old plastic shopping bag wighout any holes inside your easter basket and fill it up with soil.  I find that it's easiest to fill it with soil before you trim the excess bag off because the soil will hold the bag against the walls of the basket.  Spray the soil until it's good and moist.
After the seeds are good and soggy, spread them on top of the moist soil in the basket and then cover them with just a dusting of moist soil.
Place them in a nice warm sunny place and you can almost see them growing they grow so fast.

I like to take any leftover seeds and plant them in unexpected places around the house.  Seeing grass growing in my bathroom or kitchen gives me a happy springy feeling.

Comments

[stacy]

Thanks for this post...we've been wanting to grow a grass plant and didn't know what type of seeds would work best. Your's look to be thriving so we'll give it a shot!

[kasey]

lovely!!!