Get nice glass – transparent balls. Put some cotton and moisten it with water. Place seeds of legumes. Beans, lentils, broad beans and let them get moisture from the cotton. The next day you will see a change in your sowing! The “skin” of legumes will begin to wrinkle and it is a matter of a few days to see your litle plants thrive, creating a beautiful green garden. Of special interest are the beans that “open” in half and their shoot grows, draging along with it the cotyledons that at some point crease and fall. You can also watch the young plant sprouts knitting the cotton. The lentils make a lush “lawn”, and the beans reminds as of the well-known tale of Jack and the beanstalk that took him to the skies …
