Growing Microgreens in Natural Light

By Victoria Scanlan Stefanakos
Published on August 5, 2014
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One of the most popular culinary trends today also happens to be one of the easiest plants to grow. Microgreens take the farm-to-table movement a step further — that is, you can actually create a “tabletop farm” by growing these nutrient-dense greens, start to finish, on your kitchen table.

These tiny edible sprouted greens are incredibly nutritious and easy to grow. Using either vegetable or herb seed, microgreens are harvested just a few weeks after planting and just after the first leaves appear. They are used as a delicate garnish, sprinkled atop a delectable dish, or fluffed into a pile of tender salad greens that cause others to pale in comparison.

Microgreens make indoor gardening easy with a tabletop garden.

Microgreens: Easy to Grow, Nutritious to Eat

For starters, microgreens are packed with nutrition.

Second of all, they require very little space. All you need is a small area by a gwindow, or outdoors on a patio or deck. Any shallow container or seed flat is capable of providing handfuls of lush microgreens.

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