Our kitchens are full of fruits and vegetables that can help you get started growing a garden today.

Most of the food we buy on a weekly bases gets used up and any scraps or left overs are tossed in the trash! What if I told you that you could create a garden using up those scraps, that you likely would’ve thrown out.. I’m here to tell you that YOU CAN! I have listed a few examples below, that can help you get started with your garden today.

Lettuce

Romaine lettuce heads are a great option! To get started cut the lettuce using up the leafs. Instead of throwing out the bottom, simply place it in a small dish of water and watch it grow over the next few weeks. Harvesting the greens as you need them. What I love most about lettuce is how easy it is to grow and the returning leaves it continues to provide.

Green Onions

If you happen to have any green onions in your fridge, with roots still intact, then you can regrow them. Place the white part of the onion & roots in a small glass of water. Harvest as needed & watch them grow!

Basil & Rosemary

Basil is a great rooting plant! If you have a few stems, pluck off the lower leaves and place the stem in water. In a matter of days you’ll see roots forming. Rosemary is another great rooting herb, simply do the same. Plucking any lower leaves and placing the stem in water.

Carrots Greens

Did you know you can regrow carrots greens in water? Assuming you buy full carrots and not baby carrots. Cut the tops off, placing them in water and in a matter of days you’ll watch there little green leaves reappear. I have never done this but I’ve heard carrot top greens go well in a salad bowl. Makes since because I do love a few diced carrots in my salad for extra color and flavor.

Celery

A lot like lettuce, celery will regrow just by placing the bottom in a small dish of water. Celery will take longer than lettuce to grow back its full stalks, but it’s very resourceful and fun for kids to watch.

Onions

I have regrown onions two ways but because of a full schedule, I never fully followed through with either, but I am excited to this year. If you have onions that have gown way past there prime for cooking and are shooting out greenery from the top, I have good news! Don’t throw them away, simply place them in a pot covering them with soil and in a few months you’ll be amazed at the beautiful white flower the emerges holding lots of new onion seeds. We did this last year and now I’m kicking myself for not collecting the seeds.

If you are working with cookable onions don’t worry, I have a way that you too can regrow them. Save there bottoms and place them in a small dish containing just enough water to cover the roots. I have heard that you should let them dry out a day or two before placing the roots into water, but I was a little too impatient. I’ll keep you posted on the progress. Once the onion starts making great growth, you can plant them into your garden and await your new onions.

Garlic

Is another great option. Take a bulb of garlic that is starting to grow and separate each clove. Space them evenly apart and watch them grow. Harvest when all the leaves look like they have died off.

Potatoes

Have you ever grabbed a bag of potatoes expecting to use them for dinner, only to realized they have grown a little too old to use? I hope I’m not the only one who forgets to use there’s potatoes. This year we will be planting a few potatoes in the ground (I’ve heard they do well planting in March with the colder temperatures, because they are under the ground safe from any frosts) and seeing how many potatoes we can grow for our family.

A Little Family Experiment

Chad and I (him more than me) eat a lot of organic lunchbox peppers. He enjoys them with hummus and I make a delicious pepper chicken cabbage wrap. A few weeks ago Chad saved approximately 30 seeds and decided to try growing lunchbox pepper plants from those seedlings. We are currently overloaded with pepper plants. I may not have done the best job at labeling all the plants during there repotting, but we will definitely be doing more planting from seeds that we harvest from store bought foods. Some examples could be tomatoes, peppers, melons and squashes.

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