Let's talk today about a plant that most of us know. In fact, most of us have eaten probably quite a bit,

but none of us have probably grown.

And that would be lentils.

That was a funny story about lentils.

First of all, lentils are one of the most nutrient-dense foods

on the planet.

They're packed with protein, they're packed with dietary fiber,

and often believed to be a

superfood and they may very well be one of the first domesticated crops in the

history of humanity. Well what's funny about that is nothing except for that my cousin Johnny came to me once we were

living together at the time and he said hey man I just figured out the cheapest

hack to eat healthy on a budget.

He's like lentils.

They're so cheap, they're like a dollar a pound

or something like that.

And I was like, Johnny, you haven't discovered a new hack.

Us humans, we've been doing this for thousands of years.

So let's talk about how to grow lentils.

They're known by many different names around the world,

but just for the purposes of this episode, we'll call them lentils. Now they're annually grown and they belong to the Phabasea plant family. They have pods, these pods contain edible seeds. Each pod produces at least two seeds that can be split if desired.

The vine itself is pretty slender, it is hairy, it has these erect branching stems, and the vines produce flowers that are mostly white

that can also be purple pink and blue and it's just a fantastic plant.

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