Winter is setting in Southern Texas. My balcony garden is still growing strong. The bitter melon climber has taken almost the entire garden. Indian flat beans is also beaming healthy.
I feel happy when I look at my garden. Most of my babies are my own, they are not from nursery! Most of them are forgiving as well and each of them have an unique story!
The other day as I was wiping off the kitchen sink, I saw this!
For the uninitiated, this is a half used Garlic pod, which was left unkempt at one of the corner of sink. But, I guess, Mother Nature decided to intervene here, and hence you can see the new roots and shoots popping out of the pod! I have faithfully transferred the pod to my garden, let's see what happens!
Today I want to talk about how I use kitchen scrap to regrow my garden. As I said, I don't visit nursery often. I regrow from leftovers, I collect seeds from veggies and fruits and regrow them - in old containers, milk tins etc. Here is my previous post on how to reuse kitchen scraps.
This year I am growing Ginger in my garden and am satisfied at the moment with its growth and vigor. Select a piece a piece of Ginger which has a bud/eye in it and pot it. The area should be sunny, but not under direct sunlight.
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| Ginger plant re-grown from Ginger root
An easy recycling project comes from the milk powder containers. Agreed these containers are quite small hence can house only small plants , but still there is no harm in potting some annual plants! The tin containers can be given makeover with acrylic paint. And , oh yes, don't forget to make some holes at the bottom of the container!
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