I recently got to take my red clover obsession to a new level, when I reviewed the book “Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening” and put some of my red clover seeds to use in my kitchen garden! I’ve only made three batches of soil sprouts but I’m planning on making these in rolling batches throughout the year!
I had been meaning to grow sprouts in general for some time now, but never got around to it. I had initially been looking into growing sprouts in water trays, but after reviewing and trying the soil sprout method by Peter Burke, I’ve found that the soil sprouts especially appeal to me since:
1) When planted in trays, they blend in with the other potted plants and add to the interior décor of my kitchen.
2) Being planted in soil, they are able to actually put down roots and pull on the nutrients from the enriched soil, making for tastier, healthier, more nutrient dense sprouts!
3) Working with soil feels more like gardening, and just fills up my gardening happy place!
Why Red Clover Sprouts
Red clover sprouts have a very mild flavor, mild crunch, but are packed with lots of nutrition! Clover is easy to grow and produces a beautiful green leaf which is a lighter green than alfalfa sprouts. (It actually tastes very similar to alfalfa, so much so that many can’t tell the difference between the two!)
Red Clover is a wild perennial herb belonging to the legume family. While it is often just viewed as a wild growing plant, almost on par with a common weed, Red Clover is actually a powerful plant chock full of healing and therapeutic properties, and when ingested, it is a great tonic for cleansing and overall wellness!
Historically, Red Clover Herbal Tea was seen a means of purifying the blood by acting as a diuretic (helping the body get rid of excess fluid) and as an expectorant (helping clear the lungs of mucous). It is also known to improve circulation, and to help cleanse the liver. Red Clover is also a source of many nutrients including calcium, chromium, magnesium, niacin, phosphorus, potassium, thiamine, and vitamin C.
Gingi, I’ve never sprouted seeds in my home…. you make it sound so easy… I think my cat would eat the tops off… do your pets go after them.
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It really is one of the easier garden type projects I’ve done! You can’t really get it wrong.. I actually threw away a tray of sprouts I’d harvested.. and they grew back IN THE TRASH CAN! lol… so it’s impossible to mess it up!
This is such a great post, Gingi! I’ve never grown my own sprouts and I don’t buy them because of the high risk of getting salmonella and e. coli. I may have to grow my own if it’s that easy. 🙂
Please do give it a try! It’s the easiest thing! Prep takes all over 10 minutes, and the rest is just letting them grow!
Something I remember doing way back when I was in primary school. You can now get kits in which it is grown in a pot to resemble hair (something I did with my niece) but somehow it wasn’t as much fun as growing it n the wads of kitchen roll as we did at school.
Oh yeah, chia pets! Haha, I used to think those things were soooo dumb! That said, I love chia seeds, but have never eaten chia sprouts!
Wow! I never tried to grow seeds but absolutely have to do!! I know shoots have so many properties!
wow…ain’t they just too pretty to eat!! Did the newspaper stay atop all 10 days?
I always have a hard time eating the things I garden.. I’m like.. “These are my BABIES!!!! I can’t eat my babies!!!” lol…
I have never even eaten a red clover sprout, at least I don’t think so… I am going to need to try this out!
They actually make the base of mixed sprout salad mixes! So you might have!
Great idea! I do so much gardening in the spring/summer but don’t ever bring it indoors. I really like this idea!
Yeah, I just put my raised beds to sleep for the winter, and I ALREADY have the gardening bug! Its like a Christmas in July kind of feeling, haha..
How amazing, I’d love to give this a go! Great pictures too!!
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So cool!
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Cassidy and Scarlet plant sprouts. I’ve never even really heard of red clover except from you, but I’m truly intrigued.
Try it out already! haha.. Im about ready to send you some seeds! lol
Thank you for sharing. I love using sprouts.
How do you use your sprouts?? Share!
I love to gardening but I’ve never grown my own sprouts, you gave me avery good idea! 😀
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Try it! It is SO EASY its almost silly!
Lovely post.
I used to grow Cress with my kids, the grandchildren love making Cress Egg Heads … similar to these here http://www.greatgrubclub.com/cress-egg-heads#.VldL7XbhDIU
All the best Jan
Ohhhh, cress! That is something I havent tried yet!
Such an interesting post! Thanks for sharing!
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This certainly brings back some nice memories where school kids are taught how to grow sprouts. Great post, dear! xoxo
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great post! thank you for sharing! it’s very helpful 😉
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we did this as a school work a few years ago 🙂
Im def doing this with my girls for homeschool!! Fun project!
I haven’t grown my own seeds since I was a little girl but I probably should. It might help me to eat healthier!
It really does! Although, I always feel guilty eating food Ive grown from seed.. Im like.. but theyre my BABIES!!! lol
I do not have a green thumb, but I’m so tempted to try this 🙂
You should! Its soooooo easy!!! <3
Looks amazing!
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How interesting! That’s great you decided to give this a go – I kind of wish I had a home garden.
You can, its soooo easy! Give these sprouts a try sometime!
It looks so beautiful and seems like easy to do) Thanks for sharing this, maybe I’ll try it someday)
where do you get your seeds> do you know if they are organic and not gmo> I want to grow a yard full of edible red clover so I can use the flowers and the leaves. Please drop me a note if you can help. Thanks, Misty