8 Herbs & Vegetables you can regrow again & again.

Do you throw your Garlic away when it sprouts, or your potatoes when they begin to grow and your ginger root when you have had it for too long? You could be getting a lot more value out of your produce than you know. Many popular re-edibles can be regrown from the things you throw away.

1. 1. Basil, really simple to propagate. Take fresh 4” cuttings, remove the leaves, but for the two sets on top of the cuttings and submerge in a glass of water, which you then place on a sunny window sill.It will take 1 – 2 weeks for roots to form, after which you can plant out into a pot or in the garden.
   2. Mint, also very easy to grow from cuttings, much like basil you want cuttings 4 – 5” in length, remove lower leaves and place in a glass container in a sunny place in clean water. Once roots develop transfer into a container in potting soil.
   3. Green onions & Scallions, just place the root leftovers in a couple of inches of water in a glass bowl and in a few days you will notice leaves and roots begin to grow. You can harvest in water or plant in a container of potting soil.
   4. Ginger Root, ever noticed little buds forming on the ginger? Plant it into a container in potting soil and you will have fresh ginger to harvest very soon. Soak the roots overnight to encourage growth. Make sure your container has good drainage as ginger does not like standing in water.
   5. Garlic, a very easy plant to grow over and over, and if your Garlic cloves begin to sprout, plant them Plant early Winter or late Autumn depending on your area. It will multiply into a bulb of multiple cloves.
   6. Celery, when you use the stalks, save the root end. Place it root side down in a glass bowl of clean water for around a week, then transfer to rich well drained soil and watch it take off.
   7. Lettuce, as with celery save the root end and
      put it in a glass bowl in a couple of inches of water, within a week it will begin to regrow.
   8. Sweet potatoes, delicious to eat and real easy to grow, submerge a whole or half sweet potato in a glass container of water on a sunny windowsill, wait for sprouts reach 4” and plant them out into the garden.