Indoor Vegetable Garden from Scraps

Dont Make Soup, grow vegetables!

Grow an Indoor Vegetable Garden from Leftover Scraps.

I’ve been seeing a lot of people growing celery from the bottom 2″ of the stalk, and was inspired to try it. But I wondered what other vegetables can you root from the original plant. Here’s a quick list of what I’ve found from all around the net.

1. Celery
2. Onions – Green and Round
3. Potatoes – Regular and Sweet
4. Leeks, Scallions
5. Carrot Tops
6. Pineapple
7. Romaine Lettuce
8. Cabbage
9. Avocado
10. Sprouts – beans, sunflowers, lentils, pumpkin, alfalfa
11. Ginger
12. Garlic
13. Bok Choy
14. Beets
15. Turnips
16. Rutabaga
17. Lemongrass

Ive personally tried pineapple, but it always seems to rot the minute I stick it in dirt. Heres a video of it actually working, plus quite a few other veggies rooting.

And last but not least… if youre REALLY into this, theres an entire book dedicated to the subject

Don’t Throw It, Grow It!: 68 windowsill plants from kitchen scraps by Deborah Peterson

Indoor Vegetable Garden from Scraps

Winter Garden: The Winter Harvest Handbook

As I was discovering more about the Winter Garden, Jon bought me this awesome book that explains how a zone 5 Maine commercial farm performs the winter harvest to supply local restaurants with fresh vegetables. Its nothing short of amazing if you live in a cold climate, to know you can have fresh veggies in the winter.

The secret is double protection and timing. With their ‘cold house technique’ they sow seeds straight into the ground outdoors, with one large quonset hoop above and row covers below (wire ‘wickets in the shape of a rectangle holding row covers) Then when the weather warms, they move the whole ‘house’ to cover warmer vegetables.

To get this winter harvest, they start the cold vegetables in August and September, providing the heat necessary for seeds to germinate. As the weather grows colder, they protect the plants from frost with their ‘cold houses’

From The Winter Harvest Handbook by Eliot Coleman

Page 6. (this image from the kindle edition)

Great customer image on Amazon

Winter Garden: The Winter Harvest Handbook