Thrifty Gardening Tip: Don't Chuck Those Scallion Roots

Friday, July 24, 2015

Scallions

I learned this fabulously thrifty little trick from my friend Julia of The Preserved Life on a recent visit to her home. During a tour of her gardens, she asked if I knew that you can grow scallions from the root ends of store-bought scallions that you would typically toss in the compost? I did not but I do now!

I happened to use some scallions a couple days later. I kept the root ends and ran out to try to find a spare patch of ground in my garden.

Scallions by Eve Fox, the Garden of Eating, copyright 2014

I decided I could fit them in between some onions, cabbages and beets so I poked my finger into the dirt to make some holes, dropped the trimmings in with the root ends down, covered them up with dirt and gave them some water. A week or so later, a little bit of green was poking up out of the dirt.

Baby scallion planted from old roots by Eve Fox, the Garden of Eating, copyright 2015

And now, several weeks later, I've got these lovely young scallion plants. So easy!

Scallions grown from scallion root ends by Eve Fox, the Garden of Eating, copyright 2015

Give it a try. And check out Julia's blog - it's one of my very favorites.

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1 comment:

Julia said...

It's just crazy how easy it is, right? Thanks for the shout!!

Friday, July 24, 2015

Thrifty Gardening Tip: Don't Chuck Those Scallion Roots

Scallions

I learned this fabulously thrifty little trick from my friend Julia of The Preserved Life on a recent visit to her home. During a tour of her gardens, she asked if I knew that you can grow scallions from the root ends of store-bought scallions that you would typically toss in the compost? I did not but I do now!

I happened to use some scallions a couple days later. I kept the root ends and ran out to try to find a spare patch of ground in my garden.

Scallions by Eve Fox, the Garden of Eating, copyright 2014

I decided I could fit them in between some onions, cabbages and beets so I poked my finger into the dirt to make some holes, dropped the trimmings in with the root ends down, covered them up with dirt and gave them some water. A week or so later, a little bit of green was poking up out of the dirt.

Baby scallion planted from old roots by Eve Fox, the Garden of Eating, copyright 2015

And now, several weeks later, I've got these lovely young scallion plants. So easy!

Scallions grown from scallion root ends by Eve Fox, the Garden of Eating, copyright 2015

Give it a try. And check out Julia's blog - it's one of my very favorites.

You might also like:
For more delicious recipes, gardening ideas, foraging tips, and food-related inspiration "like" the Garden of Eating on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter and Pinterest.

1 comment:

Julia said...

It's just crazy how easy it is, right? Thanks for the shout!!