How to set up your micro garden

1. Remove everything from your jar and set it all aside. 
2. Open your envelope of seeds and dump it into your empty jar.
   
   
3. Fill the jar about half way with room temperature tap water.
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5. Replace the two piece lid and give the jar a good shake.
   
   
6. Let the seeds soak in the closed jar overnight.
7. Once your seeds have soaked overnight, loosen the two piece lid and drain the water out of the jar, leaving the seeds in the jar.
   
   
   
   
8. Once the jar is drained, remove the lid and dump the seeds onto a paper towel.
   
   
9. Fill the jar with the bagged soil included with your micro garden.
   
   
10. Place the soaked seeds on top of the soil and lightly press them into the soil with your fingertips.
    
    
11. Soak the soil and seeds with a gentle stream of room temperature tap water, allowing the soil to absorb the water completely.
    
    
12. Repeat soaking the soil until you can see (through the sides of the jar) that the soil is completely soaked.
    
    
13. Replace the two piece lid loosely and place the jar in an out of the way spot.
    
    
14. Remove the lid when the seeds have sprouted and they're pressing against the bottom of the lid. The sprouts will be  yellowish. Don't freak out. This is normal.
    
    
15. Check the soil for moisture by pressing your fingertip gently against the soil. If your finger comes back without any soil on it, water your garden lightly.
16. When your sprouts have turned green (this takes about a day), you can harvest some sprouts by just cutting them off near the base of their stems.
    
    
17. Don't forget to water your micro garden every few days or whenever the soil is dry to the touch. You can also wait up to a week to harvest your sprouts before they start to turn yellow and die back. 

That's all then!

Oh? NOW you want more? OK - here's some stuff you can do with your sprouts:

• Top your soups and stews
• Add to sandwiches (they're especially nice on hideous leftover turkey)(I'm not a fan of leftover turkey.)
• Put them in a wrap with some hummus and peppers
• Eat them raw while you stand around waiting for your pizza to show up
• Put them on your pizza and pretend it's all healthy
• Add them to creepy health smoothies
• Cover scary leftovers with them so you don't have to focus on how EW the leftovers are
• Prune it to a point, wrap them with teeny tiny mininscule lights and call it your Christmas tree
• Prune it into a ball and call it your Hanukkah bush
• Add ceramic miniature wildlife and curate a tiny still life like a freak
• Let it get overgrown, never eat the sprouts and then add the sprouts and soil to your compost pile without feeling the least bit guilty 

Good times.