Sep 3, 2023
Green onions are a perfect start to your kitchen scrap garden. Take the end with roots, plant it root-down in quality potting soil, keep it watered, and place it in sunlight. In under two weeks, you'll have fresh green onions to enjoy.
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Save the base of celery, place it in a shallow bowl of water, ensuring it's not submerged. Roots and leaves will sprout within days. After about a week, transfer it to soil with only the leaves above ground, and soon, you'll have a new celery head, best planted in early spring.
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Growing romaine lettuce from scraps mirrors the process for green onions and celery. Leave a couple of inches at the base, put it in water, and watch new leaves emerge. Transfer to soil when appropriate.
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Plant garlic cloves in the fall, root side down and pointed end up. By the next spring or summer, you'll harvest a full bulb. Alternatively, grow garlic cloves in pots near a sunny window for a constant supply of fresh bulbs.
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Plant ginger root with buds facing up in moist soil. As green shoots emerge, roots will spread. Harvest ginger pieces when needed, covering the remaining root with soil for continuous growth indoors.
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Small potatoes can be planted whole. For larger ones, cut into pieces with a couple of eyes each, allow them to dry, and plant. In a few months, you'll have a bountiful potato harvest.
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Plant a whole sweet potato or cut one in half and suspend it in water using toothpicks. Roots and sprouts will grow. When sprouts are about four inches long, twist them off and place them in water until the roots reach about an inch. Then, plant in soil.
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Cut a four-inch stem, place it in a glass of water without submerging leaves, and put it in a bright, indirect sunlight area. When roots grow to about an inch, transplant into soil for your own herb garden.
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Grow mushrooms indoors in a warm, humid environment. Cut the cap off a mushroom and insert the stem into nutrient-rich soil, leaving the top exposed. Watch for new growth and harvest when fully mature.
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Grow nutrient-rich greens from tops by placing them in shallow water. After a few days, you'll see new green growth. Harvest when ready, or transplant them into the ground when roots form for a continuous supply of greens. This works for beets, turnips, carrots, and parsnips.
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Not all scraps will sprout. After a week of no growth, compost them and try again.
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