I came across this a while ago and these are just a few things that can be used to grow new produce from scraps that we might otherwise just toss in the trash or compost bin!
The bottom part of a head of lettuce can be placed in a pan or container of approximately half an inch of water, place in a sunny window sill and it will grow a new head of lettuce, you can continually repeat this with your new heads of lettuce! (Change the water every two days )
You can do the same with onions, just cut off the bottom end where the roots would be, let it dry out for a day or two and plant in a pot of soil, with the root part facing down. water as needed.
To regrow celery, just stand the base in a small dish of water for a week or so until new leaves appear in the center. The leaves will be yellow at first, and once they really emerge and turn green, you can plant the celery in the ground or in a pot.
To regrow garlic, plant cloves in a pot of soil and place in a sunny window sill, one that gets full sun exposure. each clove will grow a new bulb of 12 to 20 cloves.
I use a lot of garlic so I am going to try the garlic next weekend after i go shopping, just not sure which window sill will work as the sunniest one is the favorite Kitty nap time window sill.
The bottom part of a head of lettuce can be placed in a pan or container of approximately half an inch of water, place in a sunny window sill and it will grow a new head of lettuce, you can continually repeat this with your new heads of lettuce! (Change the water every two days )
You can do the same with onions, just cut off the bottom end where the roots would be, let it dry out for a day or two and plant in a pot of soil, with the root part facing down. water as needed.
To regrow celery, just stand the base in a small dish of water for a week or so until new leaves appear in the center. The leaves will be yellow at first, and once they really emerge and turn green, you can plant the celery in the ground or in a pot.
To regrow garlic, plant cloves in a pot of soil and place in a sunny window sill, one that gets full sun exposure. each clove will grow a new bulb of 12 to 20 cloves.
I use a lot of garlic so I am going to try the garlic next weekend after i go shopping, just not sure which window sill will work as the sunniest one is the favorite Kitty nap time window sill.