And visitors at local farmer's markets can sample what Joshua Wood is growing these days – microgreens. Wood has been accepted at the Clemmons Farmers Market, and also applied for Bermuda Run and Mocksville. He will also sell plants he has started such as heirloom tomatoes, fig trees and some landscape ornamentals – but it is the microgreens that has his interest. It's no wonder the resident of rural Davie County is trying to make a go of gardening.
He's starting his business at the home built by his late grandfather, Pete Frye, who was quite the gardener and farmer. And his grandmother on his father's side is Sarah Wood, a long-time Master Gardener who made sure Joshua didn't miss those Junior Master Gardener camps while a child. "I started looking into aquaponics, but it was too much money to get started and too much work," he said. "Microgreens, I saw that was the perfect crop for a new endeavor."
But don't blink. There's about a nine-day turnover once the seeds sprout. He started studying how to get started in December, bought equipment and seeds, and began experimenting in January. And, not only do the microgreens taste good, they're packed with more nutrients than the vegetable they would produce. He plants lettuces, beets, arugula, spinach, broccoli, radish and more.
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