Monday, June 30, 2014

After Playing Vivaldi, Lakota Flute Music and Frequencies to Our MicroGreens this Week - Bumper Crop of Pea Shoots

Great Farmers Market at Laconia on June 28th.

Every day at MicroGreensNH we play birds chirping and other music to our MicroGreens.  It's based on Dan Carlson's work in the '80s with Sonic Bloom and written about in The Secret Life of Plants and Secrets of the Soil, both by Peter Tompkins.   We play Vivaldi, Lakota Flute songs, Tibetan Monk chants, 432 and 528 frequencies and more ...

This week we had a bumper crop (high growth rates from seeding to market) of pea shoots and sold them as LIVE PLANTS in pint containers as well as cuttings from flats.  Sold Out all we had.






If you want more information on birds songs, music and plants, email MicroGreens Shaman at microgreens.nh@gmail.com

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Arugula Great for Health & Aphrodisiac



In Roman times Arugula was grown for both it's leaves and the seed.  Some people argue that Arugula and  garden vegetable named Oroth (mentioned in the Bible) are same.  During the 1st century AD, Arugula was used as a key ingredient in aphrodisiac concoctions.The seed was used for flavoring oils.  (Cambridge World History of Food).



Health benefits of Rocket Salad – also known as Arugula
  • Arugula is one very low-calorie vegetable. 100 g of fresh leaves provides just 25 calories. It has many vital phytochemicals, anti-oxidants, vitamins, and minerals that can immensely benefit health.
  • Arugula has an ORAC value (oxygen radical absorbance capacity, a measure of anti-oxidant strength)
  • Arugula is rich source of indoles, thiocyanates, sulforaphane, and iso­thiocyanates.  Together, these have been found to counter carcinogenic effects of estrogen and thus help benefit against prostate, breast, cervical, colon, ovarian cancers by virtue of their cancer-cell growth inhibition, cytotoxic effects on cancer cells.
  • In addition, di-indolyl-methane (DIM), found in Arugula has currently found application in the treatment of recurring respiratory papillomatosis caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and is in Phase III clinical trials for cervical dysplasia.
  • Arugula is a very good source of folates.  100 g of fresh greens contain 97 µg or 24% of folic acid.  If given to anticipating mothers during their conception time, folate helps prevent neural tube defects in the newborns.
  • Like kale, Arugula is an excellent source of vitamin A. 100 g fresh leaves contain 1424 µg of beta-carotene, and 2373 IU of vitamin A. Carotenes convert into vitamin A in the body.  Studies found that vitamin A and flavonoid compounds in green leafy vegetables help protect from skin, lung and oral cavity cancers.
  • Arugula is rich in B-complex group of vitamins such as thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), and pantothenic acid those are essential for optimum cellular enzymatic and metabolic functions.
  • Arugula leaves contain good levels of vitamin C. Vitamin C is a powerful, natural anti-oxidant.
  • Arugula is one of the excellent vegetable sources for vitamin-K; 100 g provides about 90% of recommended intake.  Vitamin K has potential role bone health by promoting osteotrophic (bone formation and strengthening) activity.  Increased vitamin-K levels in the diet help limiting neuronal damage in the brain.  It may prove helpful  in the treatment of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
 MicroGreensNH grow Arugula in the Asian and Rainbox mixes.  It is also grown by itself by Special Order.
 




Flax MicroGreens Have Amazing Benefits



King Charlemagne of the 8th century believed so strongly in the health benefits of flaxseed that he demanded his loyal subjects eat the seeds and passed laws to make sure of it.
The Latin name for flax is Linum usitatissimum, which means "the most useful. SOURCE
Flax is rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, and is the highest food source of a substance called lignans—compounds that give flax its cancer-fighting ability. SOURCE  Omega-3 fatty acids - these are considered to be "good fats" that are beneficial for the heart. These essential acids are only obtainable by eating the right foods; the human body is not able to produce them.

MicroGreensNH grows Flax as MicroGreens which can be added to salads and as toppings on fish, meat or egg dishes.  It has a rich nutty flavor in addition to providing the following health benefits recently published by Medical News Today here:


MicroGreens Shaman: Wheatgrass Can Be Used in Juices and Even in Salad...

MicroGreens Shaman: Wheatgrass Can Be Used in Juices and Even in Salad...: WheatGrass has been center stage in the healthy living movement since the 1970's.  Many are aware of WheatGrass and juicing it to imp...

Monday, June 23, 2014

MicroGreensNH Sells Out at the Laconia Farmer's Market

Many thanks to all who turned out at the Laconia Farmer's Market. We had a great time, and we would like to thank The Citizen for the awesome story in the June 23rd addition of the paper. Check out the story "Abundant Selection greets Farmer's Market Shoppers." READ FULL STORY HERE. 

Here is a quote from the Article:



Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Playing Music with 432 Hz and 528 Hz Frequencies to our MicroGreens

Music and sound frequencies including bird songs played to plants have been researched since the 1960s.  Much has been written on this subject because crop health have been substantially improved and  yields have been increased by significant proportions.  In our world of MicroGreens we are always interested in growing healthy greens.  Early and consistent germination of seeds is important.  Growing nutrient dense greens is also of high priority.  Because of this we play music to our MicroGreens which include frequencies of 432 hertz and 528 hertz, birds songs and and other music which is designed to open the stomata on the underside of the plant leaves.  You can read and watch numerous videos on this research at this link:  Music for Plants. Please watch this video playlist and draw your own conclusions as to how effective sound frequencies are upon plant health and yields.




Viktor Schauberger, and Austrian forester in the 1920's and 30's evolved our perspectives on water and the effect of vortexing it in a clockwise (centrifugal) and counter-clockwise (centripetal) manner.   Here is an excerpt from his essay on Natural Farming which talks about clay singing:


In an essay published in 'Natural Farming' Viktor Schauberger described an old farmer considered eccentric even though none of his neighbors could boast of such good harvests.  Viktor described how one day he came upon the old farmer standing in front of a large wooden barrel stirring its contents with a large wooden spoon while singing a musical scale into the barrel rich in tone, ranging from falsetto to double base.  As he went up the scale he rotated the spoon in an anti-clockwise motion.  When his voice deepened he changed the direction of the rotation.  Upon approaching, Viktor saw that the barrel was full of clear water into which the farmer flicked bits of loamy soil while he continued to stir.


When the farmer finished he left it to ferment.  By talking to the farmer Viktor discovered that clay mixed in cool water with air-evacuated carbonic acid which is then stirred in the right way will take on a neutral voltage.  When this neutrally charged water was then sprinkled over newly harrowed and sown fields and left to evaporate it would leave a coat of exceedingly fine crystals which carried a negative charge.  These crystals attract rays from all directions and then radiates them out again.  From this a fine membrane, violet in color between the geosphere and atmosphere builds up which acts as a filter allowing only rays in the highest value to enter and leave the earth.  The farmer referred to this membrane as the virgin's hymen.  By this means the seed zone between the geosphere and the atmosphere remains at a practically constant temperature of +4 C even in the driest parts of the year the soil remains cool and moist.  At this temperature the crop structure is at its highest potential and as a result of this simple caring for the surface breathing of the earth an increase in crops of some 30% was obtained compared with where it was not carried out.  This process of caring for the natural breathing action of the earth was called 'clay singing'.