Growing microgreen sprouts is an easy DIY indoor gardening project that results in tasty and nutritious home grown food!
I bought my microgreen seed mixes off Amazon. I used a $5 gift card I earned by accumulating Swag Bucks. It only takes 450 swagbucks to get a $5 Amazon gift card. The two packets of seeds only cost $5. So, FREE!
I bought two different packets – a spicy mix and a mild mix. You do not need to purchase special microgreen seeds. You can buy individual seed packets and make your own mix.
The spicy mix is just a mix that includes radish seeds and mustard seeds. You simply are harvesting them when they get to the length in this picture – that is what makes them a microgreen!
The mild mix is just a mix of swiss chard, beet, cabbage and kohlrabi seeds.
I used organic soil to plant them in. I got the soil FREE by signing up for The Home Depot newsletters. Over the summer, the garden newsletter had a coupon for one free bag of organic soil. SCORE!
Watch how easy it is to sprout microgreens and have something yummy growing even in the dead of winter.
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Microgreens require minimal light to grow. I have mine by a south facing window – but I would say any window but a northfacing one would give enough light. It only takes 21 days for your sprouts to be ready!
I know my berry baskets aren’t very decorative, but it allows me to plant a new crop every week. That way, I always have my sprouts at the ready.
Do you grow microgreens? Any great recipe ideas to share?
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Nice video, thanks for sharing.
Great idea! Hubby will love this one!
Stop by and link up at What’s Cooking Wednesday!
The tip to start a new batch every week is just the push I need to get this started again!
Blessings!
Lib
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