Sprouting Seeds on Cotton Wool

You might be able to see that we grew our sprouts from fresh peas, in a little plastic food container.

We’re going to have a go at using the seeds from beans too.

They may as well be of some interest to the kids, since they certainly don’t eat them.

You will need:

• Small waterproof container or saucer
• Cotton wool
• Fresh peas or other seeds

What to do:

• Cover the bottom of your container with cotton wool and put a few peas on top, then just add water.
• You must keep the cotton wool damp at all times.

Other thoughts:

• You can use most types of seeds for this.
• Alfalfa is a good one, as it can be eaten later in salads.