No.12 Bean Sprouts by Sprouts Extraordinaire

I had purchased a package of bean sprouts(8oz, 227g) at the King Soopers in Lakewood. The package indicated just “Bean Sprouts” so I checked the website of the producer, Sprouts Extraordinaire in Denver. I assume the bean sprouts that I had purchased were Mung Bean Sprouts.
The package also indicated these bean sprouts contain Vitamin C 20%, Iron 4%, Fiber 4%, Protein 3g, Sugar 7g, while no fat, no cholesterol and no sodium. Sound like a very good veggie, isn’t it?

For lunch, I made the attached bean sprouts salad with Japanese dressing.
I suppose to be able to eat the bean sprouts fresh but I prefer to soak veggies in a hot water about 1 minute or so to make them a little bit tender and rinse them by running cold water in order to make this salad.
The Japanese dressing was made of Japanese Sushi Su(Japanese rice vinegar which is a seasoned mild vinegar for sushi and salad and etc. Mine is Mitsukan Sushi Su), sesame oil, soy sauce, and white sesame.

I am very happy to find out that there is a local company, Sprouts Extraordinaire which produces natural and organic sprouts.
Great fresh produce!

No.11 J.W. Pet Company Grip Soft Cat Brush

It’s suddenly a hot summer day, and my lovely cats need a good glooming.
I purchased the attached Grip Soft Cat Brush by J.W. Pet Company at PETCO in Lakewood.
Originally, I had purchased the brush for my long haired cat, but, as usual, she didn’t want to get brushed. So, I have tried to brush other short haired cats and they loved it!
The handle of the cat brush is nicely fitted in my hand and very comfortable to use.
The pins of the brush are very nice and soft and they seem to be giving a nice massage as well as a gentle brushing.
Because my cats love the feeling, they stay still and that makes easy to give them brushing.
One minor problem is the pins of the brush have a round ball top, and I assume these round ball tops make the brushing soft and gentle but also make difficult to clean up furs caught in the middle of the pins.
Nonetheless, “Thanks, mom,” my cats gave me a thumb up!

No.10 Cat Glass Seeds

For my dear indoor cats, I have purchased a package of cat glass seeds, Nibble-Licious by Petlinks System ($4.99 for 5oz.) from Pet Smart in Lakewood.
The package indicates the cat grass seeds are 100% oats seeds.
I had started 3 small cat grass pots using the Eko Organic All Purpose Potting Mix.(This soil is so nice and soft. Purchased at O'Toole's Garden Center in Lakewood.)
Let’s see how they will grow in my sun room.

I went to check the Wardle Feed & Pet Supply in Wheat Ridge if they were carrying cat grass seeds (could be barley grass seeds, wheat grass seeds, or oat grass seeds)in bulk. But, I didn’t have a good luck.
I purchased a 10oz package of steamed crimped oats seeds for $3.99.
These seeds should be for birds(I guess) and probably are not good for planting, but, anyway, I will try if they can be used as a cat grass seeds.

My cats love to spend long hours in a sun room even on hot days. The ready for eating cat grasses in the containers could stay fresh just 2-3 days in the room. So, I am on a mission to find good sources to purchase cat seeds in bulk.

No.9 Planting Tomatoes and Basils

It’s a summer treasure to harvest ripe tomatoes from our gardens, isn’t it?
My husband is the person who is so willing to dig several holes in our garden, where the soil is so rocky and just to dig a hole is really a heavy duty, hoping for the best BLT sandwiches ever that he would get after this hard labor.
But, unfortunately, we didn’t think that we would have a long enough summer the tomato plants get ripe.
So, for this summer, we had planted only two red cherry tomatoes and one yellow pear tomato in 6” pots as the cherry tomatoes became ripe and tasty in shorter weeks while the bigger sized tomatoes didn’t turn to red last summer.



As far as for basils, it was our first experience that we really enjoyed homemade pesto from fresh basils harvested from our garden last summer. We don’t want to let this summer pass without the delicious pesto in our mouths, so, we had planted three 6 packs of basils.

No.8 Low Maintenance Gardening Moss Phlox

Every summer, I had planted several kinds of annual flowers in my garden such as pansies, marigolds, petunias. This summer, instead of my regular annual favorite flowers, I chose to plant perennial plants so that every year my garden would grow with more flowers, and this part is appealing to me, I would not have to do a physically heavy gardening to dig new holes to plant new plants every year. (Gardening is fun, but, I am not getting younger every year, you know.)

So, I have planted two kinds of Moss Phloxes, Scarlet Flame and Candy Stripe, which are perennial flowers. One of my neighbor’s front yard has been partially covered by a pink Moss Phlox flowers and Moss Phloxes seem to be a very good choice to plant in my area. Also, in Japan, Moss Phloxes are called lawn cherry blossom, I hope I am right about this, because their flowers look like. I had grown up with enjoying Moss Phloxes and I would be happy to see the Moss Phloxes would make a beautiful flower carpet in my garden and would help bees' population.

No.7 Feng Shui Green Plant

Long time ago, I have read one of Feng Shui experts said that green plants represent life and it would be a great way to start a day to see fresh green when I wake up.
By contrast, dried flowers are not good to decorate rooms as they don’t have any more lives.
So, I put a green plant pot in my bedroom.
My bedroom is not sunny so I chose a green which doesn’t need much sun.
And, I recycled an antique china plate for the pot saucer. (I am going to utilize my favorite china for daily use to enjoy them more instead of keeping them in a cabinet unused.)
Now, I am thinking that it could be a delightful thing to multiply this green plant to make more green pots. I suppose to be able to cut a little part of this green and to put into a cup of water until it starts rooting.
Living with fresh green indoor, that will refresh my room.

No.6 Celestial Fruit Green Tea

Celestial Seasonings 100% Natural Teas
Antioxidant Max Green Tea Dragon Fruit Melon
Wellness Supplement
20% RDI Vitamin C per serving
35% more flavonoid antioxidants than other leading brands(as well as strawberries, kale, red wine, dark chocolate and almond)

I haven’t been caught cold for several years (I am so lucky!) and I think it is because I intake Vitamin C through drinking lemon water or eating a lot of oranges.
But, it’s hard to make it a year round wellness habit because lemons and oranges are out of season during summer and actually, I have already suspended to purchase them.

I have found the above-referenced tea at a grocery store nearby my house and have started to drink as a substitute to the lemon water.
It has a very nice fruity mild flavor mainly melon.
Highly recommended!