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| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Nov 09 2012 : 3:52:21 PM
I've been reading about restarting plants from things in your fridge. If you use the tops of green onions in a dish you can put the bulb part in water (I think I let it stay till it got roots, then plant it in a pot the tops will continue to grow and you can use the green parts in recipes. I have been doing this for about 4 months (with the original bulbs). Then in my CSA I got a "living" butter lettuce. I used the leaves and since it has roots I put it in a pot and it's growing new leaves. Then I read that you can do the same thing with celery. Cut off the bottom--stick in warm water on the window sill for a day or so then put it in a pot (water the hole you make good) then cover with dirt and it will get stalks--not sure how long that takes but it's fun. |
| 10 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| jenne.f |
Posted - Jan 03 2013 : 4:02:39 PM
JoAnn,
I cut off the base of my last celery stalk, set it in water for a few days and planted it yesterday and set it in a sunny window.
When I came home from my errands today the center stalks were already poking thru the dirt!!! YEAH!!!
~blessings~
Jenne
Farmgirl #4616 |
| jenne.f |
Posted - Nov 29 2012 : 12:19:04 PM
Sounds like a good idea. I will start some soon.
Thanks,
Jenne
"Follow your bliss"
Farmgirl sister #4616 |
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Nov 25 2012 : 5:43:09 PM
Dorinda, I would say start with her first which I think was Woodswoman. She also has a couple of books set in Guatemala. My son was in the Peace Corp there so I found those really interesting. She was a remarkable woman. |
| Dorinda |
Posted - Nov 25 2012 : 4:53:54 PM
Hey Joann, I just looked up Anne LaBastille Woodswoman books on Amazon. I love to read. Which one would you recommend for me to read first? I read a few pages and liked it.
Seize The Day!
Dorinda |
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Nov 20 2012 : 07:51:39 AM
The celery bottom I planted on the 9th is up about 2 1/2 in. and growing little stalks! |
| pinokeeo |
Posted - Nov 09 2012 : 8:16:48 PM
This is good to know. I'm going to try it with my celery.
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| rphelps4 |
Posted - Nov 09 2012 : 6:21:08 PM
Thanks for sharing, I would never have thought of that. Roxanna |
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Nov 09 2012 : 4:13:06 PM
Hey Jennifer Do you know of Anne LaBastille auther of the Woodswoman books? |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Nov 09 2012 : 4:12:17 PM
We grow onion tops (as I call them) year around. I use lots of them in gumbos.
Thanks for sharing.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| Woodswoman |
Posted - Nov 09 2012 : 3:57:39 PM
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
Jennifer
Farmgirl Sister #104
"Nature brings to every time and season some beauties of its own".
-Charles Dickens |
