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Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

I Grew Microgreens for Restaurants – These Are the 5 Easiest to Grow at Home for Super-Healthy Harvests in Tiny Spaces

Four different types of microgreens are growing on a windowsill. Alongside sit a pair of scissors for harvesting them.

Growing microgreens makes it possible to get homegrown harvests in the smallest of spaces, such as a windowsill. In the absence of space, you want surefire success, so here are my picks for the five easiest microgreens to grow at home.

I have experience growing a wide range of different microgreens for restaurants, including a Michelin-starred restaurant. For something so small, growing microgreens can be intense. In different gardens, I was growing up to 15 different types of microgreens at a time, sowing over 50 trays a week, and harvesting them daily to send to the chefs.

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