James Gibbon grows micro greens!

Growing micro greens is a lot of fun. If you haven’t grown your own micro greens, I highly recommend giving it a shot. Here is a quick summary of how we started growing micro greens in our house.

We first bought a rack. We got ours from Costco - https://www.costco.com , but I’m sure there are plenty of viable options out there. Once we had the rack built and complete, we started loading up some seedlings and micro greens. Methodically we have each row on the rack dedicated to different steps in the growing phase. Much like us all, it all starts at the bottom. This is the row dedicated to heating and germinating the seedlings. Once the seedling 🌱 germinates, we then move it up one row to the grow lights - https://www.homedepot.com/b/Grow-Lights/N-5yc1vZ1z0sawz . This is where the majority of the seedlings 🌱 growth takes place. Above these rows are additional grow lights, space for domes, and space for miscellaneous.

As you can see, we got our seeds from https://www.johnnyseeds.com/ . Once you have your system in place, all there is left to do is add soil, seeds. and water!

Nothing screams Montana Farm Life more than gardening in the morning and mountain ⛰ biking 🚵‍♀️ in the afternoon - and this is exactly what I’ve been doing lately. I used to “mountain” bike a lot when I lived in Austin, but since moving to Montana I had yet to take a bike to the trails. So I got a mountain bike and headed to a nearby trail called Corbly Gulch. Right away once I got to the trail I knew I was in trouble. Not only was there a brutal 1 mile road that was hardly passable, but once I got to the trail head I instantly realized I wasn’t in Kansas anymore.

Unlike the south, the trails here are literally going up mountains. The shear amount of strength and endurance needed to make it deep into the trail is impressive and I was not prepared for what I was getting into. Nonetheless, I persevered and pushed up the trail as far as I possibly could until I was about a half mile in.

As you can see I ride a Trek Roscoe 6 hardtail with mid-fat tires on it. The bike road great and did especially well on the way down, helping me navigate tight twist and turns to my car below 🚙. The ride was an absolute blast and I have gone many times since including trips to another local trail, Truman Gulch pictured below.

Truman Gulch is another fantastic trail with diverse terrain and is quickly becoming my favorite trail in the area. Read more about my mountain biking adventures at www.jamesgibbonoutdoors.com

So what about the gardening?

Great question. So a lot has been going on in the garden since I last blogged. If you follow me on instagram, than you already have seen the progress of our radishes and lettuces. Although we sit at around day 35 with these, we are waiting to pull them as they still have room to mature. Unfortunately, we are battling the elements here in Montana and snow is forecasted the next 3 days. So let’s all pull together and help the lettuce and the radishes survive this cold ❄️blitz.

So there you have it! If you’re reading this please comment below and leave 🍃 some positive thoughts for our vegetables 🍅 and thank you for reading!

-JG

Winter Microgreens w/ James Gibbon

James Gibbon | Mountain Biking and Gardening

So what about the gardening?