I’m not sure one can grow microgreens and not at least be a little curious about growing wheat grass, and so here we are starting to grow wheat grass.   The nutritional information on broccoli microgreens is very impressive, but reading up on the health benefits of routine and modest amounts of wheat grass juice is astounding.

Step one was to find a source of wheat berries.  Yes, that’s what they’re called.  Wheat berries.  I had to ask the stock ladies at Walmart if they stocked them, and after checking in the rice isle, the isle that carried wheat germ and an isle that had some specialty grains like bulgar, we had to give up.  She was still happy to learn that the seeds used to grow wheat are called wheat berries.  Next stop; Amazon.

It’s only now that I realize that the juicer I already own would be insufficient to juice wheat grass.  So, second step is to procure an economy, cast iron manual juicer.  That was found on clearance from Walmart online for $40 delivered, and it showed up a week earlier than expected!

Third step is to soak a cup of wheat berries overnight in a mason jar.  Drain it the next morning, and the rinse and drain about every 12 hours, keeping the jar tipped upside down in a bowl in the dark with a mesh lid for a day or so until you see little white tails sticking out of the wheat berries (see picture below).

In the fourth step, we spread them out evenly over about a half inch of garden soil and keep in the dark while it grows initially, then in light to green it up.  Once the wheat grass is grown, I’m going to trim it and juice it.  Yes, you can let it grow back and re-cut it a second time, but we probably wouldn’t continue to grow the same tray after that.