Yvonne Perkins on Nostr: I am so excited about gardening now that we have finally had a couple of decent dumps ...

I am so excited about gardening now that we have finally had a couple of decent dumps of rain. I planted some seeds I found loose in a container just a day before the big dump of rain on Sunday. They are already germinating. I wonder what they are? I suspect they are Cosmos.

I have also planted the ends of spring onions in a damp pot of soil. I have been meaning to do this for some time. All you need to do is buy a bunch of spring onions from the supermarket, use up all the green part, then plant the remaining white stump and root. It will grow into a new spring onion. When it comes time to harvest, leave the plant in the ground and cut off the green bit to use. It will grow another one. This is much more convenient and cheaper than going to the supermarket every time you want spring onions.

My daughter experimented by doing the same with the ends of bok choy after she had used the green leaves - the same thing happens. I haven't got room at the moment to try this, but I should try it some day.

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