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Microgreen Art or Logo Mania ...

3/5/2015

We had earlier done a popular post featuring using microgreens to create a highly visual interpretation of the art of the microgreen. This post dealing with our first square inch garden gave me a new challenge when one of my clients asked to see if we could do their logo in microgreens.

Here is the first try at a logo done with microgreens. We used some pak choi and red cabbage to create the pattern. We first had to figure out the way to do a template and then produce one to seed this. We have founf after these early attempts to a simple way to produce two color patterns. This has brought us to iteration 2 of the logo process. Here is a photo of the new seeded tray which should be ready in about 10 days. Watch for our blog of the grown out logo 2.

CKE Max Mix ... Vitamins that is ...

3/4/2015

While rereading some research on nutrients carried by microgreens, I thought it may be fun to combine some of our great seeds into a visually fun mix. Thus was born the CKE Max Mix that stands for maximum amount of vitamins C, K and E. The seminal study done by Univ of Maryland researchers documents the intense punch of nutrients from microgreens.

Vitamin C, vitamin K, and vitamin E levels were highest among red cabbage, garnet amaranth, and green daikon radish microgreens. I combined these three into tray and started playing with a design. The different heights and sizes creates a really fun contrast while delivering gobs of nutrients ....

A New Look AND A New Crop ...

2/26/2015

We are transitioning our labels to our new logo and this picture is one of the first newly labeled live trays to hit store shelves. These trays are available at the Down to Earth, Kahului location now. The first delivery of these spectacular red acre cabbage microgreens sold out almost immediately. The combination of the beautiful colors and great taste make these new microgreens a winner!

How About A Microgreen Forest ...

2/22/2015

Fun kit with dun pea microgreens. Seeded with some space, the peas grew up and TALL, photos are of plants at 12 days. These really fun to grow microgreens can be multiple harvested. Simply snip off the tops as they start to shoot off tendrils and they will regrow again. When you are done, the remaining organics can be chopped and added to a stir fry or cooked as they will be fibrous. Remains also serve as great food for farm animals or composted to return to the earth. The hydroponic mat is sourced from wood waste, so the whole mat and remains are compostable.

Kit contains Non GMO Dun Peas, 2 hydroponic micro mats precut to fit in our grow containers w humidity cover that are made from recycled plastic bottles along with a packet of our nutrient solution that will make 1 gallon of nutrients to grow these fun microgreens. Available now in our online store or on etsy.

Brassica Wellness Kits Available Now ...

2/21/2015

Our new brassica wellness kits featuring 3 varieties of cabbages are now available in our etsy store. Features your choice of red acre, golden acre, pak choi or a combo of pak choi and red acre (pictured above). Kits contain enough materials for 2 crops of your choice and feature all Non GMO seeds, grow container and humidity cover from recycled plastic bottles, enough sea solid fertilizer for one gallon of watering solution and your choice of growing media, either a wondersoil wafer or 2 pre cut hydroponic micro mats.

Red, Golden and Pak Choi ...

2/17/2015

How about our second wave of brassica super foods, the new cabbage line of microgreens. We have available Red Acre, Golden Acre and Pak Choi cabbages. Also featuring a fourth kit that has both pak choi and red cabbage so you can make your own mix or create something like pictured on the left. I simply took the pak choi and seeded in a rough circle and then added the red cabbage around the center circle.

The microgreens produced by these brassicas are not only spectacular looking but have just an incredible taste profile. An interesting article appeared today in Vox, entitled "Kale, brussels sprouts, cauliflower and cabbage are all varieties of a single magical plant species". It pointed out that our super brassica mix and cabbages are all related and have similar nutritional profiles. Microgreens from this family provide incredible levels of nutrients and cancer fighting compounds.

Kits will be available this weekend in our etsy store check them out ...

Microgreens, Baby Greens, Garden Seeding Solution

2/14/2015

We have finally gotten our new Seeding Solution product ready to ship. This new applicator will produce 4 crops (based on our standard kit grow trays) of microgreens in containers of your choice. You simply shake and grow in your container and on media of your choice.

The container will be filled with seed (your choice) a custom media mix that also contains our sea solid fertilizer and other nutrients to give your new crop an initial boost.

You can seed normally as a microgreen tray with very dense seeding or spread them more sparsely to allow for growing out to baby greens or just sprinkle over your container garden outdoor plot to kickstart your new crops with our great seeds. All seeds are non GMO with most also organically certified. Our Seeding Solution works on ANY media and for ANY purpose (microgreens, baby greens, garden growing) !!!

Pictured below is seeding on our micro mats and the second picture seeded on our SIP planter but on a bed of standard WonderSoil using our Seeding Solution. Last photo shows Seeder is available today in our etsy store. Available with our new Super Brassica mix, sango radish, broccoli, kale, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and MORE on the way soon ...

New Kits, Have it Your Way ...

2/11/2015

We will be rolling out this weekend a new series of kits that will have as your option the type of growing system you would like. You can choose either a hydroponic system with micromats or standard growing system using WonderSoil coir media. Our kits also include a packet of our sea solid fertilizer that you add to one gallon of water and use to nourish your microgreen crops.

Each kit will grow 2 full crops of the highlighted microgreens and all the materials you will need to grow them. Our first kit will pack sango radish seeds that are non GMO. We will be rolling out three additional crops this weekend and also introducing our new seeding product that you will be able to use to grow in your own containers. These kits and products are designed to allow you to grow your new microgreens YOUR WAY !!!

Order now on our MicrogreenFarm Etsy store ...

Wheatgrass With A View ...

2/8/2015

Here is a little weekend whimsy for you ... kudos to #lisamakawao for this flight of fancy !!!

How About a Superfood Deluxe Mix ...

2/6/2015

Brassica Deluxe Microgreen Kit - 12 days

Latest addtion to our wellness kits is our superfood deluxe brassica mix. Knowing that the many forms of brassica vegetable has astounding health and wellness components we put together a seed mix with some of the best of our microgreen crops.

Our new deluxe kit mix contains, broccoli, purple broccoli, kale, brussels sprouts and cauliflower all in one mighty mix. This crop provides many varieties of this potent family to give a microgreen mix unparalleled in nutrient capacity.

According to the National Institute of Health in "The beneficial effects of Brassica vegetables on human health" these facts are well documented.

We will be posting the Brassica Deluxe kit and introducing this new mix in our multipurpose seeding container all later this week. Watch our website for launch details.