One of the best ways to incorporate fresh, organic greens into your diet is to grow them yourself.

This is not as difficult as it sounds.

I highly recommend that you learn more about this low maintenance indoor gardening that is deal for the cold winter months.

These types of indoor gardens are as beautiful to look at as they are healthy to eat from.

If you are concerned about the food that you are eating, this is one way to add more low calorie, nutrient dense nutrition to all of your meals.

Recognized as some of the most nutrient-dense greens available, those tiny leaves known as microgreens are packed with big flavor. It is easy to grow your own little greens of arugula, basil, purple cabbage, chard, radishes, broccoli, cilantro, watercress, sunflower and more.

This is a photo of my indoor microgreen garden.

This garden provides me and my family with nutritious, organic food that I add to our soups, sandwiches, salads and green drinks.

Recognized as some of the most nutrient-dense greens available, those tiny leaves known as sprouts and microgreens are packed with big flavor.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine announced the discovery that 1 ounce of broccoli sprouts contained as much of the phytochemical sulforaphane glucosinolate (SGS) as 1 and 1/4 pounds of cooked broccoli. Now that is a lot of broccoli.

You can grow your own little greens of arugula, basil, purple cabbage, chard, radishes, broccoli, cilantro, and more at home.

It is really easy.

You can also buy sprouts at your grocery store and ask that sprouts be added to your favorite soup, salad or sandwich.

Eaten alone as a salad or added to soups, entrees, sandwiches, burgers, or anything else imaginable these tiny greens will enhance everyday food and life.

Recommended Reading: Microgreens: A Guide To Growing Nutrient Packed Greens (Paperback) Eric Franks (Author) and Jasmine Richardson (Author)

Recommended Sprouts resource: www.broccosprouts.com

More about the book-MICROGREENS A Guide to Growing Nutrient-Packed Greens

With simple instruction, Microgreens teaches how to plant, grow, and harvest microgreens from one's own garden. The small amount of space needed to grow microgreens-a porch, patio, deck, or balcony will do- allows anyone to easily incorporate them into their daily meals, and the greens' nutritional potency make them a must-eat in a healthy diet.

Microgreens are very easy to grow.

You can grow them outside (if the weather is favorable) in a garden bed or in containers, or inside on a sunny windowsill.

Sprinkle organic seeds in a flat or pot filled halfway with soil and top half with vermiculite.

Water the seeds. Some seeds need to be soaked for 24 hours for faster germination.

Cover the container with a wet paper towel for a couple of days until the seeds germinate.

Water your microgreens daily.

Micro greens need light, but not the minimum six hours of full sunlight like other crops grown to full fruition.

Water properly. Micro greens need their soil to stay moist, never dry or soggy. They're especially vulnerable to drying out when first planted, so check daily.

Harvest the seedlings when their first set of leaves appear.

Harvest at two to four inches tall.

Micro greens can be grown any time of the year - even inside during winter without a grow lamp.

Each crop takes between one to two weeks from sowing the seeds until they are ready for harvesting.

This is the perfect garden for someone who is short on time or who takes frequent trips.

Basically, you can grow any lettuce, salad green, or herb as a microgreen.

It's easy to start with a pre-packaged seed mix, and you can look for specific microgreen mixes, or simply choose a mesclun mix to grow as microgreens.

You can also use any organic seed used for sprouting.

Here are a few popular varieties to grow as microgreens:

Mustard

Kale

Endive

Arugula

Beet greens

Spinach

Tatsoi

Radish greens

Watercress

Mizuna

Peas

Cabbage

Basil

Sunflower

Arugula

Corn

Wheatgrass

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