First of all, here's a video in which I explain how to grow ginger and other grocery store ingredients such as pineapples, sugar cane and coconuts. I shot it for Troy-Bilt as a #Saturday6 member, but it's perfect for this post too! How to Grow your Own Ginger 1. Select a Health...
Today, we’ll learn about growing ginger at home from a piece of ginger root. Growing ginger from store rhizomes – can it be done? It is possible to grow a ginger plant from ginger purchased at the grocery store. However, your results might be inconsistent with those shown below. The r...
Of course, you don't have to limit yourself to seeds. Pretty much every tuber you can buy will grow in your garden. Some that I've enjoyed are horseradish and Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke). Others that work are ginger, potatoes, and yams. Especially when these tubers have been sitting ...
Fresh ginger has become very popular and is available in most any grocery store. When selecting a rhizome (the “ginger root”), look for the largest and fullest piece available. Older rhizomes are often dehydrated and have a wrinkled appearance, avoid these. Often these rhizomes will actually...
The tastiest way to cook choy sumis to stir-fry the stems (with flowers and leaves attached) in a bit of peanut oil, with garlic, ginger and fish/soy sauce. The leaves can also be snipped off the stalks and cooked similarly to spinach, either by steaming or blanching them. Meanwhile,...
Carrot Ginger Soup Vegetables About The Author Catherine Boeckmann Catherine Boeckmann loves nature, stargazing, and gardening so it’s not surprising that she and The Old Farmer’s Almanac found each other. She leads digital content for the Almanac website, and is also a certified master gardener...
To test things out, I chose a tantalizing recipe for carrot ginger soup. It is made with lots of spices, herbs and foods that derive from nuts and seeds. All these things are chock full of healthiness. You can easily make this dish vegetarian and dairy free, if that’s your thing. I...
1 tsp finely grated peeled fresh ginger ½ tsp garam masala ½ tsp ground cumin ½ tsp ground coriander ¼ tsp ground cayenne 2 cups just-boiled chicken broth Freshly ground black pepper 3/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk 2 cups just-boiled water ...
An unidentifiable smell hovering below my face, with the broth having numerous ingredients including chicken, garlic, ham, ginger and carrot. But the texture of the Jinhua ham had a remarkable, creamy texture that I’d not experienced. The server said they finely grade the ham from eastern Chi...
Growing bell peppers require regular watering to keep the soil slightly moist; growing medium should never dry out completely. The best way is to water at the foot or around the base of the plant. Also, pepper plants in pots suffer from constant overwatering, so be careful that your plants...