How to use Amazon to grow food
and how you can Grow your Own Food with this Amazon shopping List…
Growing your own food can be an easy habit if you start adding it into your routine in 2020. With the amount of information online just google how to grow microgreens or how to sprout your own food and bing bang boom down the micro rabbit hole you will have a pretty dang good idea of how to get started. But realistically if you could see yourself adding this simple little chore into your day to day it is helpful to have a materials list that shows you exactly what you need to get started and be successful from the beginning.
So you know what we went and did, we created an amazon shopping list just for you to help give you a general idea of what you need. If you don’t have a budget you can be up and growing tomorrow with how fast amazon prime works these days. However, If you are on a budget we suggest taking this list and shopping around online and locally.
We also know after you watch a bunch of videos on how to grow your own food and try to apply all this information you just learned, all the numbers and logistic can be overwhelming. So we put together an ebook that takes you through the steps of growing microgreens at home.
So, if you would like to read it click link below to buy and download our book now. The Super Food Growers Guide: Learn to grow over a pound of microgreens every week. This book teaches you everything you will need to be growing your own superfood at home from start to finish. That’s right learn how to sow, harvest and eat microgreens that you grew yourself every week. You will learn about the 4 basic varieties that are easy for any novice to grow. You will start to learn more about food and the flavors each different plant brings to the table. Plus, we even included a nutritional breakdown, a weekly seeding chart, a chapter on how to combat adrenal fatigue with microgreens. Also included is our 7 Days of Microgreens Menu and you might of already heard about it if you follow us on social media but at any time join the #microgreensoneverything Weekly Micro meal plan to help make meal prep easy and show you how easy it is to incorporate the microgreens you grew into every meal!!!
After reading our book you might want to see a video or two about microgreens. When you go to search you might not know which video to choose first. So why not start with our first video. It is simple, it is short, it is easy and we did nothing special just raw footage of Guy showing you how simple it is to sow a tray of microgreens. Here is a link to our first YouTube video on how to grow your own microgreens. So we have never sprouted lentils but subscribe to our YouTube page and we will add a video next week that will help all of us to start adding that into our diet and routine for 2020 and remember if we can do it you can to.
If you want even better youtube content and more in depth looks into the microgreens world we recommend any of Nate Dodson or Curtis Stone’s videos. Also watch this youtube video where John Kohler recently interviewed a local Micro-homie of ours who is based out of Colorado Springs @livingwellmicrogreens who gives you an inside look into growing food for his Family and community.
We think sometimes after consuming content the hardest part is putting all this new found knowledge to use and action. We hope by putting together this amazon list of the supplies you will need that you will find getting started growing your own food at home that much easier . This link is your one stop shop for everything you will need besides the seeds, but we can not guarantee the best deals due to the simplicity of the shopping list we created. If you want the best deals we suggest taking our list and shopping around on different on line stores and local grow stores.
Money Saving Tip: We want to remind you again Shop Local when you can to save money and support your local small business. For instance we get our Pro Mix for about $20 cheaper then the amazon link we provided at Way to Grow or Cultivate which are the local grow stores in Denver.
The next step to growing your own food successfully this year is finding your trusted seed source. It is very important to support non-gmo seed companies. GMO seeds mean genetically modified organisms, this means at the gene level scientists have gone into the seeds and altered the gene expression in seeds to be able to do different things. They are not cross breeding for specific favorable traits but altering the seeds in various ways. For instance Bt corn has a specific bacterium expression that allows for less insecticide which sounds like a good thing but the pollen from this Bt corn lands on milkweed in the area and it unintentionally impacts the monarch caterpillar population because they too are insects. So just with this one example you can see how GMOs are to one-dimensional when it comes to solving the worlds problems we need to start think holistically with a multi-faceted approached that takes into consideration every species in and around the habitat of the plant being grown. The scary thing is GMO seed manufactures are doing this with each “New Seed” that hits the market. Altering it’s gene expression to combat one problem while not considering the consequences to what this does to the habitat and organisms that consume the plant. If you want to know more about the unintentional consequences I suggest reading this article.
Seed Purchasing Suggestions: Buy in bulk after you have grown you first 4 trays. It can sometimes be fun to start with a variety pack of a like a pound of seeds to get you up and going. We trust True Leaf Market for all of our non-gmo seed supply needs.
Last step have fun growing your own food, don’t be afraid to try new things and get your green thumb dirty! As Permaculture Entrepreneurs growing your own food is the best way to insure health and vitality all year long so you can keep being the boss that you are. Own your life by controlling your food source. This new habit you are about to create will help you increase the nutrients in your food tenfold just by eliminating transportation costs alone and save you some money by not wasting it on over priced out of state wilted and withering produce.
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