6. Can you plant a rotten onion that has sprouted? Even if the onion is sprouting, if there are any black or rotten spots on the onion… just throw it away. If there are just a few brown spots or the layers of the onion are soft or a little mushy, but not rotten, you can use...
Onions are great crops to grow because you can harvest them whenever you want—thin the seedlings and use them like scallions or wait until the plants stop growing for mature onions. But how do you know when an onion plant stops growing? That’s a good question; just read on for the an...
If the onion is slimy or discolored, do not take any chances eating it and throw it on the compost pile instead. You will have plenty more to choose from since you learned how to store onions properly. Save extra bulbs of shallots and multiplier onions to plant in the cool fall season ...
After all, a tiny seed needs to have a lot of power to grow into a whole plant – with the help of water, sunlight and soil only. Sprouts are also a gourmet food in the sense that they have a very delicate taste of the plant they will grow to be. Onion sprouts taste of – ...
Garlic–which is sometimes classified as an herb–is grown from cloves selected from medium to large bulbs, called heads, harvested the season before. You can plant cloves from garlic heads purchased at a grocery store or farm market as long as they have not been treated to prevent sprouting...
but honestly that doesn't happen very often. Instead, I stock up on onions, garlic or shallots for use in specific recipes, and some of them end up hanging around in the drawer for awhile. Here's how some of them look after 2 or 3 months; rotten, moldy, or sprouting...wasted: A...
Replace the water each day, and after a couple of days, you’ll see roots sprouting. When the seeds are 2 inches or more, and the basil is at an adequate size, it’s in good shape to plant. How to Pot Basil? When you plant the basil in the pot, choose the giant pot. Choose ...
Buy the full stalk each week that gives you the bottom and gives you the option to re-grow in your kitchen (or start in your kitchen and plant outside later). Either way, celery is a common veggie and a good one to make sure to always have on your list so that you...
Sunday: Roast beef, roasted potatoes, sauteed sprouting broccoli (from my garden–an overwintered plant that produces individual florets in the spring, rather than one big head), blueberry/apricot oat crisp that was not at all crisp because of all the blueberry juices. Kind of like very sw...