Wheatgrass juice is a popular drink in juice bars because it is considered as a miracle juice that can help cure most disease but unfortunately wheatgrass is not readily available to most people and not everybody can buy it because it's expensive, so the best thing you should do is the grow your own. All you need is the room and the desire to do something really good for yourself and your family. Whole winter wheat berries are sold in bulk in health food stores.

Price comparison of wheatgrass:

• Wheatgrass juice at the juice bar - $3-5 a day.
• Wheatgrass online and shipped overnight - $15 and up per pound.
• Wheatgrass at the farmer's market - $10-20 a tray.
• Grow your own trays of wheatgrass at home - $2.00 a tray or less.

Materials:

• Wheat seeds also called wheat berries, you can buy this in grocery and health food stores or you can order it online
• Two 14x18 inch metal or plastic trays (available at restaurant supply houses).You can buy the greenhouse trays from gardening shops, cafeteria trays (available at restaurant supply houses), plastic microwave diner containers.
• 50-50 mixture of topsoil and peat moss (both available at garden centers and nurseries)
• 2 large plastic trash containers with tight-fitting lids, reserved exclusively for this project.

Procedure:

• Drill holes 4 inches apart around the circumference of the sides of one of the trash containers for air. This one will be used for wheatgrass compost. Store the soil-peat moss mixture in the other container.
• Soak 1 cup of whole winter wheat berries in water to cover for 12 hours. Pour off the water and let the berries drain for another 12 hours. Rinse the berries two to three times during this period to prevent them from drying out.
• Fill one tray with the soil-peat moss mixture and spread it evenly to a depth of 1 inch. Spray or sprinkle the soil with water to dampen it thoroughly. Do not soak the soil.
• Spread the drained wheat berries evenly over the soil. Cover the planted tray with the second tray upside down. Leave the covered tray alone for three days.
• On the fourth day, lift all the top tray and water the sprouting wheatgrass. Set the uncovered tray in sunlight, if possible, and water it once a day for three days. If there is too much moisture mold can form on the soil. If this happens, when your harvesting make sure you cut higher on the grass blade or if you want to play it safe don't use it at all since mold can trigger allergic reactions in some people. To prevent mold from forming, water less, don't cover the growth tray with the plastic container, and/or place growth tray where there is more air flow, like an open window, also try adding more holes for water to drain. On the seventh day or once the grass reaches about 5-7 inches in height it is ready for harvesting or you can let it grow longer.
• Harvest wheatgrass with scissors or a sharp knife by cutting it close to the roots as possible. The sprouted grass will keep for days in the refrigerator. You can get 6-8 ounces of juice from a tray of wheatgrass.

Notes: To ensure that you always have wheatgrass for juicing, buy three trays so one is in the initial stage of cultivation and the other in the end stage. The third tray is the cover, needed only for three days of each cycle.

You can also grow the wheatgrass in a nice ceramic pot and place it decoratively in your living room, another benefit of placing the wheatgrass indoor is it helps clean the air inside the house.