Early Barley Experimentation - Day 1

Starting my very first adventure into malting barley.  Ordered 12LBS each of Metcalf and Moravian 115 from my seed supplier in Montana.  Despite the blizzard there, he was able to mail me some beautiful 2-row barley seeds in exchange for some local brews he can't get in his area.  Thanks Ryan!

 After some online research reading and viewing videos on the malting process I've decided to use these post-Christmas days off work to attempt malting some barley.  Starting with a very very small batch of each I've begun the malting process by cleaning and steeping...

I will be allowing the grains to steep for about 48 hours occasionally replacing the water to replenish the O2.