Thursday, March 12, 2009

Wheat Grass

A little project the girls have been working on thanks to Maha:)

First we soaked the wheat grass for about 12 hours


Then we planted...

A layer of sand to absorb any extra water

then the dirt...

and finally the wheat seeds


we water the seeds twice everyday. once in the morning and once at night and placed them in a dark/shady area covered with plastic wrap until they sprouted


this is what they look like in about two days. we then removed the covering and placed them on the windowsill and continued watering twice daily

I find the roots amazing!

they grew very fast and the girls could notice the difference every day


say cheese:)


look at those roots! they've extended all the way to the bottom of the sand...subhana Allah, amazing!

we gave the grass its first haircut and...

made a delicious green smoothy with it!

We used the wheat grass, avocado, banana and apple juice...no, we didn't put any of the vaseline in there:)



Unfortunately Nusayba didn't get to drink from this batch because she didn't finish her lunch, but we made another batch and she drank two cup-fulls--i just don't have proof:)



Asmaa started off with a full cup and a straw and ended up like this:)

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Subhanallah -- Asmaa looks more and more like her father!