Last week my sister shared an idea with me – she’s been growing green onions on her window sill for several weeks. She suggested I try doing it myself. You buy a bunch of green onions, cut the greens off (chop them and use them) but put the white bulbs in a glass of water and, lo and behold, you’ve got green onions growing you can harvest for a salad as you need them. She tells me they grow for weeks.
Green Onions & Lettuce
Why not lettuce, too? On my last grocery shopping trip I bought a pair of hydroponically grown green lettuces, roots still intact. So instead of chopping them all up (and throwing away half) I plunked each in a planter with some water – I’ve got lettuces growing. I can harvest a few leaves from each as I need them for a small salad and the plants keep on growing, looks like.
What fun! I bet I can get some dill to grow that way, too. I must look for some dill seeds to germinate.
I don’t like tomatoes well enough to start an outdoor pot for tomatoes – I buy a single tomato every so often if I think I’m going to use one in a meal.
It’ll be interesting to see how long my lettuces will actually grow like this. When these two poop out, I’ll just pick a couple more.
jmn 
I have tried planting them in dirt — not successful. Guess I should try the water route this time. I’d love to have fresh greens all winter long.
Brilliant! I knew about the green onion and I think celery works also. I didn’t know about the lettuce.
My lettuce is doing well…. I may end up eating it before it grows more but this way I only need to pick the few leaves I need for a single salad!
Cilantro and carrots and many others work as well. Trouble with dill is it cannot be transplanted easily. Doesn’t like to move.
Great advice. Thanks.
Going to try this, for sure!