Microgreens

Many of our indoor seedlings have reached three inches in height, making them perfect candidates for transplanting into larger containers or into the ground.  As much as we'd like to start planting under row covers or in the hoop house, the predicted cold weather and snowfall make it impossible.  In the mean time we are enjoying thinning the seedlings as this effort yields a delicious and healthy mix of edible tiny green leaves known as microgreens.  The lettuce, chard, and kale will make it into salads, while the bok choi and Asian green tong ho are a perfect addition to stir-fries and Chinese hot pot.  Most go straight from the tray to the mouth.  And it doesn't take much.  Some researchers claim that microgreens contain up to 40 times the concentration of nutrients, such as vitamin E, vitamin C, and beta-carotene, over their mature counterparts.

Harvesting four week-old Baby Arugula lettuce.