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celery, frugal gardening, gardening, green onions, kitchen garden, scallions, seedlings, seeds, sustainable living
It’s all over Pinterest: every blog telling you how easy it is to start celery and green onions from their ends. And it is easy. This was another “experiment” we used to do as kids. No matter whose directions you follow, please, please, please remember to use only organic celery. This veggie is at the top of the dirty dozen.
This weekend we started celery in a small plant saucer, since it was a bit deeper than the saucers in our dish set. We also started the scallions (or some people call green onions) in a jar. Look at the roots!
Organic Celery and Scallions Started
Also in our window sill garden: Pumpkin is still amazed by the fact that the sweet potato is all roots and only has two small dots are emerging from the top, while the potato is all plant and no roots.
Friday night we sprayed the seeds we planted last week. On Saturday Pumpkin noticed the tomato seedlings popping up from the soil. He was amazed that a plant could grow two inches over night. We’re patiently waiting for the peppers to emerge.
The Tomatoes Emerge
Another highlight of weekend garden preparation is purchasing a stainless steel compost pail (with charcoal filter, so no odors escape) for my kitchen. No sense running out to the compost bins each time I have a handful! Now the waste is hidden in a sleek container I keep next to the sink, so Hubster doesn’t accidentally throw the egg shells down the garbage disposal.
Week 1: Tomatoes, Peppers, Sweet Potatoes & Potatoes
Did you start any new seeds/plants this week? What other preparations did you make for your garden?
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I’m starting my garden too. Love this time of year!
What are you guys growing?
Arugula for now. Carrots and garlic are in. Tomatoes for sure and maybe zucchini, okra or cucumber.
I haven’t grown okra before, not sure how it’d do up here!
I’ve been wanting to try the green onion trick. Did you grow those roots? The ones I bought have a smaller root stock. Did you see the tip about slicing green onions and freezing them in an empty water bottle?
Yeah, I saw that too. I’m wondering if they’d still get freezer burn in the bottle once it’s only half full or if they’d freeze together in a large clump. Let me know if you try it!
Wow! You sure have gotten off to a good start! I’d not heard of starting either vegetable like that. I guess I’ve got some googling to do. I was to plant my tomato seeds today but events conspired against me. I’ll do it tomorrow. I doubt they’ll mind. 🙂
Sounds like a great start!
wow! it’s that simple? awesome!
Yes! You should start some!
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