Sprouting young plants yourself is a simple, convenient and sensible solution to the otherwise-challenging problem of obtaining fresh sprouts.

Sprouting is really rather simple - and is not terribly demanding in terms of time, space, energy or cost.

When I started off I bought trays of spelt grass from a local juice bar - and fed it into my own juicer.

I shied away from sprouting myself - partly because I was not sure where to obtain equipment - and partly because I suspected my own attemps at sprouting would end in failure.

However once I tried my hand at sprouting grass myself, I experienced instant success. Sprouting turned out to be much easier than I had imagined.

Soon I was sprouting every sort of seed I could get my hands on.