Growing Food From Scraps

[JaniceSW]

Garlic, lettuce, and celery are three of the easiest foods to grow food from scraps indoors.  The next time you see cloves of garlic sprouting green stems, plant the cloves (not the whole head), unpeeled and with sprouts facing up, two inches deep and four to six inches apart in a pot of soil.  Place them in a sunny spot and keep the soil moist. Snip the sprouts and eat them for a garlic-like flavor.

Don't have soil? Try growing lettuce or celery!  Take one bunch of either vegetable and chop three inches from the bottom. Put the bottom in an inch of water and set it under bright, indirect light. Change the water every few days. Slice off new stalks and munch away! You can compost the rotting parts.

For tips on how to grow other produce from scraps, look for a copy of Katie Elzer-Peters'  "No-Waste Kitchen Gardening"!

[mrsmere]

I tried the celery and it turned out ok.  I may try the garlic.   Thanks for the tips. I did more gardening this year because of  the virus and staying home more.

[Nancy5]

I will have to try these, thanks for the tips.