1. Green Onions
Green onions are one of the easiest vegetables to regrow. After chopping up the green bits of the onion to include in a yummy recipe, simply place the white roots in a glass of water and set them on a sunny windowsill. Within days, you’ll see fresh green shoots growing back! Change the water every few days and trim as needed.
2. Lettuce & Romaine
Instead of tossing the bottom of your lettuce head after the big chop, place it in a shallow dish with water. Place the dish in a windowsill or sunny spot (this is what works best for me!). In about a week, new leaves will sprout from the center! Once it’s established, you can transfer it to soil for continued growth. I failed this one a few times before I successfully re-grew some lettuce so keep trying!
3. Celery
Just like lettuce, you can regrow celery by placing the base in water after using the sprouts. After new growth appears, move it into soil for a continuous supply of fresh stalks.
4. Garlic
If your garlic cloves start sprouting (or even if they don’t), plant them in soil! Each clove will develop into a full bulb over time. Garlic is low-maintenance and perfect for small-space gardening. I prefer to plant garlic in the Fall (where I’m from I tend to wait until it’s around 5°C, this is what has worked for me!) in one of my raised garden beds and that way, it’s ready by Summer!
5. Potatoes
Those sprouting potatoes in your pantry? Don’t throw them away – plant them instead! Cut a potato into halves, making sure each piece has at least one sprout or “eye”, as the more experienced gardeners would say. Let them dry for a day, then plant them in soil about 3 inches deep. I’ve planted potatoes in both buckets as well as raised beds before and both led to great harvests.
