Regrowth From Groceries

I have seen several times on Pintrest that you can regrow some of your veggies from the grocery store. You most certainly can. I did this with my green onions and my romaine hearts.

I have had this vase for years and finally found something to use it for. You can see where the white of the onion stops and the regrowth starts. The onions are about as big as they were when I bout them  a little over a week ago. All that is in there is water and beads. We will be putting some miracle grow in there soon just so the plants have some food.

You can see where these were cut off too. This is how tall they grow in a week and it is just barely enough to have on taco night each week. I am looking forward to spring finally settling in so I can grow my favorite french blend of lettuces. Till then, this is a great way to get in some lettuce without having to pick it up every week.

Bean Growth

Now that it is spring, we have finally begun learning about seeds. This is happening inside of course since we have a high risk of snow here in Minnesota.

Here are our beans (3) the day we planted them. The baby food jar has about an inch of water (do not allow them to be completely submerged as it stunts the growth) and the center is full of paper towel.

This is at 1 week. The leaves were straight up in the air the next day and there are lots of  roots.

This is just 2 weeks and 2 days. We transferred them to dirt and now the experimentation can begin.

If we go from left to right on the plants above, the first will get sun and light, the second only sun, and the third only water. We are also charting their growth. The experiment is supposed to go 1 month, so we will see how they fare till then.

Where Have I Been?

For a week now I have been struggling with this horrible sore throat. It hasn't been very sore the last few days but the soreness was exchanged for this cough that won't stop. It has not been fun. In the midst of it all we had Easter. We were light on photos, but then I was so exhausted that I could barely keep my eyes open too. Jayne enjoyed hunting down the eggs that the Easter bunny dropped in the house.

That crazy bunny hid them in the silliest places and the one in this photo was the last and hardest for Jayne to find. Thank you Willie Wonka eggs. I got them probably 7 years ago now. They have suction cups, glow in the dark, or hang.

I also got my pot of peppermint from my mom's neighbor. I love peppermint tea and it soothes a sore throat so well. It was good timing since the grocery store was closed and I had used up my tea supply. I am hoping that my cough will go away soon and things can get back to normal. I know that my house would sure appreciate it!