Thursday, March 21, 2013

First Day of Spring Onions

Yesterday was the long-awaited Vernal Equinox, so I wanted to post something in celebration of my favorite season, Spring.



The following tip is worth passing on: If you buy spring onions from the store, you can regrow them just by placing the roots in water. We started these in a ramekin with shallow water, then when they started growing we transferred them to an empty peanut butter jar. They're thriving with little effort; we typically change the water every other day, but that's about it. The jar also makes another welcome pop of green on the kitchen counter.

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  1. Neat! Was reading articles about plants that can be grown from kitchen scraps. Does your kitchen get much sunlight? How much light do you think this needs to work?

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    1. My kitchen gets very little sunlight, so we use fluorescent "natural light" bulbs as our under-counter lights. We leave those on most of the time and that seems to work pretty well for growing plants. You should definitely try this. :)

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    2. Thank you! That is a brilliant idea to work into the kitchen remodel!

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