Turning kitchen leftovers into something else

It's summer time.

Am getting ready for my kitchen garden. As I sow seeds or young saplings, I also like the fun of turning kitchen scrap to something more meaningful!

Almost every summer I grow Pui Shaak ( Malabar Spinach). They are easy to propagate from stem cuttings. Cut below one of the leaf node and pot them in moist soil. Once you pot them , it might take two - three weeks for the first set of leaves to appear. While they are getting ready, I keep them in a slightly shaded area and then there is no turning back! Malabar Spinach is quite a hardy plant.
Give them ample sun, ample water and love! They will definitely make you happier!
So, next time while you are chopping the Malabar Spinach for making your veggie medley, don't put everything in the wok, you can save a part of it put back into the soil, wait for few weeks and let Nature do the job!

Young leaves have started to appear. This almost took around 3 weeks. Be gentle while watering; roots might take another couple of weeks to penetrate deep enough in the soil

As we are talking about kitchen leftovers, that reminds me to share another good idea. Save the egg shells, pulverize them to coarse powder and use it as a Calcium supplement.

Somewhat coarsely grinded egg shells

Go green and happy gardening everybody!