This is my latest experiment. I’ve seen articles about re-growing various vegetables, so I thought I’d give celery a try. I’ll update this as the weeks pass. It’ll be interesting to see if it actually works or not. I began with cutting about 1″ from the bottom of a celery bunch. I ran water over it and placed in a bowl with about ½” of water. I change the water daily, and rinse from the top down to get water between the stalk bases. The bowl rests on the windowsill of an East window.
Here I go
Day 1 – Will this work?
One week has passed
Celery after one week – It looks like it has the potential to grow.
Two weeks have passed
Celery after two weeks – Yippee! A few sprouts are starting.
I live in a rural area of Arizona. I grew up in Iowa and transplanted to Arizona in the early 80's. I moved from a small Iowa farm to Phoenix, Arizona. Talk about culture shock! I lasted a couple years in metro Phoenix, then looked at a map and chose a small town.
I live with my husband, Ken, and dog, Maggie, on an acreage just outside town.
So much of what I learned by doing, as a way of life, is being lost. Everyone has something to offer the younger generation, so here I go...
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