Microgreen Garden: Indoor Grower's Guide to Gourmet Greens

by Mark Mathew Braunstein

Microgreens, the young seedlings of herbs, vegetables, beans, seeds, and grains, contain four to six times the vitamins and phyto-nutrients found in mature leaves of the same plants. This comprehensive resource explains how to grow microgreens at home, both inexpensively and easily. It provides detailed instructions for selecting seeds and soil, along with guidance on proper temperature, light, and ventilation. Also covered are methods for both small- and large-scale growing of microgreens, how to extend harvests, and techniques for preventing contamination by bacteria and mold. Filled with how-to information and vibrant full-color photos by the author, the book explores every aspect of this unique form of gardening. Included is a helpful guide to 55 species of microgreens, which profiles each green according to its flavor, preferred cultivar, special handling needs, and more.

Genres: Gardening

115 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 10, 2013

About the author

Mark Mathew Braunstein's writer rap sheet includes six books, one praised by the Washington Post as “remarkably intelligent.” The diverse topics of his books and more than ninety ephemeral articles in glossy magazines include art, literature, holistic health, vegan vegetarianism, wildlife conservation, mobility disability, indoor gardening, cannabis culture, and drug law reform. His reader rap sheet includes the nearly entire oeuvres of way too many dead white males such as Melville and Thoreau, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Rilke and Kafka, Blake and Beckett, Plato and Epictetus, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, and his guru and mentor and doctor Seuss, to name some whose rhymes and rants he somehow survived while neither going crazy nor growing wise.

Painting himself into a corner as an abstract artist, he did time as an inmate of Manhattan until he made his prison break and bartered his brush for a pen. For the next quarter of a century, he was on the lam at a hideout in a wildlife refuge in Connecticut where deer did not flee him, where chickadees perched upon him, and where nocturnal wildlife parked themselves on his driveway. That nocturnal species of youthful female hominids engaged in mating rituals with random older males. The females inspired Braunstein to write a field guide about them, titled Good Girls on Bad Drugs.

As a paraplegic since 1990 and a Bad Boy on Good Drugs, his use of cannabis is medicinal for below the waist and recreational above. His 55 years as a pothead culminated in 2022 with the publication of his book, Mindful Marijuana Smoking: Health Tips for Cannabis Smokers.

While he has neither attained enlightenment nor seen god, he someday may look into the future and see you reading this GoodReads webpage, or reading his own at www.MarkBraunstein.ORG ("org" for organic, or whatever else may come to your mind)

Reviews

[Cr Mania · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book to be a good resource for my introduction into planting microgreens. However, as it covers so many options for growing these greens, I wish I had purchased the paperback rather than the e-reader version as it would be easier to find specific details on a particular green in a hardcopy version. If you are planning to actually start using your own microgreens, rather than just looking for basic info, I would recomment the hard copy.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful information for a beginner to start growing microgreens.

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really helpful guide with no frills. There are a lot of tips in here that I didn't see from other sources online, so definitely worth a read if you want to give it a shot. We'll see how my first few "crops" turn out.

[Abhinay Pednekar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource on Microgreens

This book provides excellent information on microgreens . Highly recommended for a starter to intermediate grower. Provides information on more than 40 types of microgreens.

[Mitchell Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of great information

Just starting microgreen growing and this book is a great resource, more detailed information than other books I've read on the subject.

[Lisa Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Elementary

Not for the commercial grower. There are some interesting tips and information but the the most part everything in the book is found online. The number and types of seeds and how to grow them is extremely limited and mostly irrelevant to today's market. Certainly not worth the price.

[Sandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent resources for starting seedlings.

[Justin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice tips for growing at home on a budget. Sticking it to the man one micro a minute!