Itty Bitty Micro Farm

06/13/2026

Friday night fast dinner, but make it microgreens. 🥡🌱

It has been a busy day getting everything ready for tomorrow’s farmers markets, and cooking a full dinner was not happening tonight.

So, Panda Express family meal it is!

I added a simple side salad of our Brassica Blend Microgreens and drizzled it with a little teriyaki sauce. It took less than a minute, added a fresh crunch to the plate, and made a quick takeout dinner feel a little more balanced.

Microgreens do not have to be complicated. Sometimes the easiest way to eat more greens is to simply add a handful to whatever is already on the menu.

What is your favorite way to add microgreens to a quick meal?

06/12/2026

Tomorrow is going to be a great day The LMH Market!

👕 Wear your LMH Market shirt for a chance to win a $50 Market Gift Certificate
🎭 Catch scenes from Lincoln Community Theatre's upcoming production, Rumors, at 9:00 and 10:30
🍅 Fresh Pick Giveaways every 30 minutes
🛍️ Local vendors
☀️ Saturday morning fun

Vendor Lineup:
Aunt B’s Sweet Treats
Brew 66 Coffee
Homemade Passions by Bryce
Itty Bitty Micro Farm
Samantha Danosky desserts
Triple I Garden Shop and Ioerger Family Farms
WAR FOOD FARM
Thehealthycrumb
MKS Livestock
Food Girliez

We'll see you from 8:00 a.m. to Noon at the Logan County Fairgrounds. Come early, stay awhile, and make a morning of it!

Don't have an LMH Market shirt yet? Stop by The Market booth to purchase one and get entered into the drawing.

06/02/2026

The brown shield-shaped bug on your tomato plants isn't always a pest. Two stink bugs that look almost identical share the same garden, and one of them is on your side.

The spined soldier bug is native and one of the most useful predators you have. It is brown, shield-shaped, and small, around a third of an inch. Look at its shoulders: they end in sharp points, like little spikes. It also has a dark streak across the tips of its folded wings. It hunts caterpillars, beetle grubs, and other soft-bodied pests, including the invasive stink bug it resembles.

The brown marmorated stink bug is the invasive one from Asia. It is a little larger, and its shoulders are smooth and rounded, with no spikes. The clearest giveaway is the antennae, banded with white. It feeds directly on tomatoes, peppers, beans, and tree fruit, and gathers on warm walls in fall.

The quick read: sharp pointed shoulders is the native predator, leave it. Smooth rounded shoulders with white antenna bands is the invasive pest worth removing.

The bug most people flick away is often the one eating the pests. The one quietly draining your tomatoes is the look-alike with the rounded shoulders.

05/29/2026

🌱 Nighttime Thoughts

While brushing sunflower seed hulls off a tray tonight, which is one of those tedious daily grower tasks, I found something beautiful.

A completely white sunflower seedling.
When I first started growing microgreens, I cannot count how many times I tried to separate these out and keep them growing.

They were so different. So striking. So beautiful.

But without chlorophyll, that seedling cannot continue to grow and live the way the others can.

Tonight, instead of trying to save it, I just stopped and looked at it.

It reminded me of a truth I sometimes forget:

I grow in a controlled environment. I manage the lights, the temperature, the airflow, the water, the soil, and the timing.

But I do not create life.

I can plant the seeds & care for what has been planted. I can do my best to provide the right conditions. But I am still working within God’s creation, not above it.

There have been times in life when I tried to force something simply because it looked beautiful, promising, or different. I wanted it to grow so badly that I ignored what was already being shown to me.

Sometimes faithfulness means nurturing what God has given us.

And sometimes wisdom means accepting that not everything we want to preserve was meant to continue.

Tonight, this little white seedling was a quiet reminder:
I can plant.
I can water.
But only God gives the growth.

“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.”
1 Corinthians 3:6

05/28/2026

When the pantry gets low, the creativity gets good. 🥣✨

Tonight’s dessert bowl came together with a few of the last bites of some favorite small batch finds:

Vanilla fat free Greek yogurt, a little whipped cheesecake filling, chia seeds, the last of our Simply Grace Bakery granola, and the final drizzle of Glacier’s End Berry Butter.

I was genuinely sad to scrape the last of that berry butter from the jar, but paired with the creamy yogurt, cheesecake filling, and crunchy granola, it made the perfect end of the day treat.

One of my favorite things about buying from small producers is that you can taste the care that goes into what they make.

Every jar and every bag feels special, especially when you get down to the last serving.

Now I guess it is time to restock. 😊

What is one local favorite you never want to run out of?

05/23/2026

After a busy farmers market, I came home to water trays and had to stop for a picture of these radish microgreens. 🌱

The mix of bright green leaves and purple pops of color is beautiful, but the flavor is what makes radish microgreens a favorite.

They have a fresh, crisp bite with a bold peppery finish, almost like a full-grown radish packed into a tender little green.

They are an easy way to add flavor, color, and texture to salads, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, eggs, grain bowls, or even as a finishing touch on dinner.

Radish microgreens are also known for naturally occurring antioxidants and nutrients, including vitamin C and beneficial plant compounds.

Research on radish microgreens has identified vitamin C, phenolics, flavonoids, anthocyanins, glucosinolates, and antioxidant activity, although nutrient levels vary by variety and growing conditions.

These are the kinds of quiet moments on the farm that never get old. Even after a long market day, seeing a tray this colorful reminds me why we love growing fresh, local food.

How would you use radish microgreens: on a sandwich, in a salad, or on top of tacos?

05/20/2026

Broccoli microgreens are one of my favorite easy ways to add fresh greens to a warm bowl without making dinner more complicated.

Dinner tonight was simple, filling, and packed with flavor.

Ginger sesame chicken over jasmine rice with fresh broccoli microgreens, sesame ginger sauce, and toasted sesame seeds.

Easy protein.
Simple carbs.
Fresh greens.
Big flavor.

Healthy doesn’t have to be complicated.

05/20/2026

05/18/2026

Harvest Day Snack Break!

Strawberry nonfat Greek yogurt, fresh berries, and this absolutely delicious healthy granola from Simply Grace.

I picked it up during our Saturday at the Old Capitol Farmers Market, the first market of the season. It rained for a good part of the market, but honestly, that didn't detour people from stopping by!

This snack was simple, filling, and just enough sweet.

Full confession though… I pick out all the dried fruit and put it in Mike’s yogurt. 😂

02/25/2026

Google photos always takes me back to good food. This was Cheesy BBQ Pulled Chicken & Roasted Root Veggies with Red Cabbage Microgreens.... 😋