Growing microgreens

If you fancy doing a bit of gardening but don’t want to go all out, then why not try growing some simple microgreens.

Microgreens are seedlings, which have grown in seed trays for a few days, and can be used to jazz up an otherwise dull winter salad.

The leaves produced by microgreens are larger than sprouted seeds, but smaller than baby salad leaves and can be harvested shortly after germination.

They might be tiny but they’re packed with flavour. Seeds can be sown onto damp kitchen roll, which has been cut to fit the base of a seed tray or sown directly into compost. The trays can be placed on windowsills or in a glasshouse/propagator to grow. 

It’s important to ensure they don’t dry out and you can use scissors to harvest as soon as the leaves have sprouted. A variety of crops can be grown as microgreens including coriander, cress, mustard and radish.