Easy to grow and nutritious, microgreens are a winter garden goer. Words: Jenny Somervell Growing microgreens is a quick, rewarding activity for kids and parents: all you need is the seed, media, and recycled containers. Microgreens are tiny vegetable or herb greens grown for their visual appearance and complex flavours and textures. They are larger than sprouts but smaller than baby salad greens, typically a central stem, cotyledon or seed leaves and the first young two true leaves. Unlike sprouts, microgreens are grown in the light in a soil or soil substitute, and the root is not harvested. When they