Sprouts

I'm in my new apartment in Montana, a drastic move from Chicago-land. But it looks like we might be moving again soon. That's actually a good thing. So I'm trying to keep my new projects down to a minimum until my next move.
Today I started some broccoli sprouts. I've tried sprouting in the past and it was a dismal, inedible moldy failure. Last time, I purchased a large sprouting jar. It was a big glass jar with a mesh lid. Well unfortunately I grew some mold in addition to my sprouts. So that jar just didn't work for me. I gave up sprouting for a while.
So in the health food store yesterday, I saw a sprouting bag. Hrm. I recalled when I was a child, my mother grew some sprouts in a mason jar with some cheese cloth. I had some cheese cloth at home, so I bypassed the bag. I had an idea.

Now I'm testing that idea out.
Day 1: I found a plastic container. I think it used to have a hard drive in it. But it was shallow and clamshell. I lined it with cheese cloth, sprinkled seeds over it. I soaked the seeds overnight.
Day 2: This morning, I drained the water, rinsed the sprouts. I put it in a dark corner in my pantry to start sprouting.
We'll see how it goes.
Day 3: Yep, the sprouts are growing! I have my 3 year old daughter spray them daily with a fine mist water sprayer. She gets a kick out of her little "chore" and she loves to talk to the little sprouts.
Day 5: Moved sprouts to a sunny window so they can get some chlorophyll.
Day 6: They taste great. A bit of a spicy flavor to them, but my 3 year old and 15 year old daughter love them. We're eating them like crazy. And no mold so I would say it worked. Unfortunately, it is hard to get the sprouts out of the cheesecloth as the seedlings seem to have grown through the holes. We have to try to pick them out one by one. I don't think that would work if I actually wanted them in bulk for something like a sandwich, but it's fun to pick them and eat them one by one, sort of.

Directions I'm using:
http://www.sproutpeople.com/seed/broccoli.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broccoli_sprouts