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We will be showing in the next few days several new kits based on our square inch garden kit concept. The first pic was taken today of the garden we call the "Radish Patch" - picture today is the garden four days from initial seeding. 
This new kit is a mix or Red Arrow Radish, Red Stem Radish, Sango Radish, and White Stem Radish. The patch should be ready to go in a few more days ... stay tuned for more pics and kits ... Add Comment Just wanted to share our Square Inch garden before harvest. It has grown out for 10 full days from seed and the results are awesome, and equally delicious. Colors and textures were amazing and growth was really good in our wondersoil based kit. 
Red garnet amaranth, golden acre cabbage, giant mustard and thai basil in this first garden. We have planted out some new one featuring more amaranth, radishes, and a super food garden. There will be a 2 garden starter and 5 crop chefs kit offered next week with different crop configurations. We will have preorders available in a few days. Contact us for pre-release interest and options. Instead of just enjoying looking at our new garden, I decided to make something with it ... check it out !!! 
I shaved some red cabbage and a green pepper to create a bed and topped with the red giant mustards and golden acre cabbage. Added on top was some tofu and cherry tomatoes. Topped with the red garnet amaranth to create one of the most nutrient dense salads imaginable ... the taste was as incredible as it looks ... we topped it off with some olive oil and ponzu dressing for the final touch to a perfect summer super salad ... We started out thinking about this and researched growing in small containers and decided this might work with our microgreen kits. Taking the idea of multi-crops in a container and melding it into our kits, we have come up with Square Inch Microgreen Garden Kits ... or SI Garden Kits. This is our first try at multi-crop containers. The final product is now 8 days old and we are starting to harvest these wonderful microgreens. Pictured also is the same tray at 4 days so you can see how these little guys mature quickly. Starting from the bottom left is red garnet amaranth, golden acre cabbage, red giant mustard and thai basil. Watch for an announcement shortly to unveil our new line of Square Inch Microgreen Garden kits ...  Our microgreen crops and techniques of growing continue to evolve, but I think we are almost at the limit of just how fast we can get a crop done. Check out our new champion crop ... this is a picture of red arrow radish microgreens at just a few hours shy of a week of growth. The crop is so dense and colorful I just had to show you this new favorite. Not only are the colors and growth intense, but the flavor of the radish mirrors it's looks ... great zing to anything you want to add this too. We are featuring this seed in our beginner kits now available in our store as it should provide almost instant gratification for first time farmers .... you can start to eat these with anywhere from 5-10 days of growing time !!!  Want to see what all the fuss is about ... Oprah loves them Martha loves them USDA Researchers confirm they pack a nutritional punch ... MICROGREENS provide nutritious live food and now you can grow your own with our newest kit made especially for new "farmers" who want to grow food, yet have no land, no talent and no clue where to start ... Our New Microgreen Grow You Own Beginners Kit will give you Microgreens from seed to harvest in 6-10 days by adding some water and love .... This starter kit contains enough material to grow two crops of red arrow radish ... we have found these seeds to be the fastest growing seeds in our warehouse. The picture shows some of our crop of red arrow radish after 6 days of growing. The secret here is our process of growing this particular crop which we will share with you in our detailed instructions that are included with all kits ... these plants will surely amaze you and introduce this wonderful crop and nutritional jolt for you and your family ... These microgreens will add a spicy zip to eggs, fish, poultry, salads, smoothies, pork and just about anything ... we eat these daily at our own table ...  In keeping with developing new microgreen kits that mirror both our research and vision, MicrogreenFarm is pleased to announce the launch of our SuperFood Super Kits now available in our store. These kits include supplies to grow five full trays of our organic and non-GMO microgreen mix. The mix includes broccoli and a radish to go with our current Super Food commentary. We will be listing a new beginner kit in the next few days ... this kit features one of our quickest growing seeds so it is the ideal kit for those that want to give grow your own microgreens a try ... Was just out surfin the net and came across this absolutely knockout pic of a perfect light summer lunch ....  This great pic was on a blog post on by Sarah on Skinny as She Goes ... the post describes a great light meal, but opens the doors to so many combinations that you could go the summer without a repeat ... get your microgreens and crackers out and go for it !!!  Have been on a research binge and have uncovered some startling information ... we all know about how broccoli is the anti cancer vegie, yesterday I read that it also has the ability to counteract several bad palyers that are in pollution filled air ... anyway, it showed that the broccoli consumed as sprouts actually flushed the body of benzene which is a really bad component in heavily polluted air ... Then I went back to original research that started it all and then came forward and it seems that conventional wisdom is that you must consume broccoli raw or you lose the properties ... I saw newer research that shows that it is actually an enzyme that breaks the component in broccoli into the cancer fighter and cleanser ... that enzyme is deactivated by the heat ... the same enzyme is high in daikon and adding daikon to the cooked broccoli brought the properties back ... So have been thinking and it appears that by combining a little daikon or sango radish with broccoli can create a super microgreen mix ... another colleague told me that he has been growing daikon in his broccoli and it makes a good mix so I am going to be trying it out (see pic of Daikon above) ... once I find right combo this is going to be our new superfood supplement microgreen mix ...  Do you remember when there was a patent granted on broccoli sprouts because of the anti-cancer nature of some of it's constituent elements. "In September 1997, Johns Hopkins researchers published studies that showed the sprouts of some kinds of cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli and cauliflower, have high levels of cancer-fighting compounds. Later they filed for patents, describing the process of growing and harvesting sprouts "to form a food product." These patents have subsequently been struck down but the science behind the cancer-fighting compounds has been proven again and again. New research has just been published that shows another significant effect of the consumption of the compounds and this one has to do with fighting the effects of air pollution. Researchers studied the effects of a cocktail made with broccoli sprouts in a highly polluted area in China. Their conclusion was that there was a significant effect on the retention of dangerous benzene in the test subjects. More research is obviously needed, but what a wonder the tiny broccoli plant remains. We will leave it to the trained researchers to determine the many things that would go into helping the health of people endangered by pollution, but does it not make sense that an easy addition to our diets could have a significant effect on our health... Inspired by this research and in keeping with our mission, we will unveil a new family kit to grow broccoli microgreens on a continual basis so daily ingestion of fresh microgreens can be available to you right in your own home ... stay tuned for the rollout information. | UrbaformUrbaform is a technology integrator and developer specializing in food production in the urban environment ... ArchivesJuly 2014 Categories |
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