The first time I harvested microgreens from my kitchen counter, I was genuinely surprised. Not because it worked, I’d followed the instructions carefully, but because they tasted so much better than anything I’d bought at a shop. Sharper, fresher, more alive. And they’d taken seven days to grow in a shallow tray on the counter …

I had never grown anything intentionally before I tried indoor lettuce. A few accidental windowsill herbs, yes — but nothing deliberate, nothing I’d actually planned to eat. Lettuce was my first real attempt, and what surprised me most was how forgiving it was. Within five weeks, I was harvesting fresh leaves from a container on …