Save Your Scraps: 20 Plants You Can Easily Regrow At Home

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I’ve lived in a city all my life, but I always like to have a patch of green all to myself.

Keeping a garden has so many benefits: it’s relaxing, it’s an excuse to get out of the house, and best of all you save money by growing your own produce.

Now that gardening isn’t as popular as it once was, people are happy to buy fruits and veggies from the store, and waste plenty of useful scraps.

 

Growing veggies from kitchen scraps is fun and frugal.PXhere

 

I bet you never even realized that your kitchen leftovers can be recycled into fresh produce.

In fact a lot of plants can be regrown right on your kitchen counter.

 

1. Basil

 

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Basil is one of the easiest plants to regrow, because you can get a reliable, endless supply of this herb from just one plant.

Cuttings of basil will grow in a container with water, and can be transferred to a pot when they sprout roots.

 

2. Onions

 

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There are a few handy methods for growing onions from leftovers. The root end of an onion will grow new, whole vegetables when it’s planted in the soil.

But onions can also be grown in bunches on your windowsill using a recycled water bottle.

 

3. Sweet Potatoes

 

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Sweet potatoes take a little extra effort to grow, because they sprout from “slips,” slim, green shoots that grow on the potatoes.

But if you know how to cultivate them, you can get dozens of slips from just half a potato, and save a lot of money.

 

4. Ginger

 

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This spice is easy to grow at home, but takes a little patience.

Just bury the roots in soil and watch them sprout. It can take a year for new roots to be ready for harvest, but the plant itself is very hearty.

 

5. Pineapple

 

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If you have a few years to spare and the right climate, it’s easy to grow your own pineapples from just a leftover crown.

 

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