Photo courtesy Charles Haynes/Flickr

There are a lot of sources online for sprouters and seeds but if you’re looking for a source for information, as well as supplies, sproutpeople.org  is a good resource.

They have detailed growing instructions for virtually any type of sprouting seed – well, as much detail as you need for this easy project.  Seriously, the time you put into reading about sprouting a seed will be roughly equivalent to the time you send actually sprouting the seed.

They carry a lot of seed mixes too, and these are a really good way to up the flavor of sprouts.  A lot of people think of alfalfa sprouts when you mention sprouts, but those sprouts are amongst the blandest you can grow, and are definitely not a personal favorite of mine.

Other sprouts have a lot more flavor.  Radish sprouts, for example, taste like a full-grown radish.  We also like mustard, broccoli, clover and mung, of course.

The seed mixes are also a great way to go.  The Peasant Mix has a mixture of 8 lentils.  San Francisco Mix has mung, peanut, 4 lentils, 4 peas, 2-3 garbanzos, and adzuki.

Keep your seeds in the freezer and they last a very long time.  We’ve had some mixtures for years and they still sprout fine.  The seed packs go a long way, too.

Tomorrow I’ll post some photos of our sprouter and the seeds we’ve been sprouting this week.