Never ending green onions growing in your kitchen
Feb 25, 2012 green onions, onions
I like to add some green onions to my omelets in the morning, though it is not too convenient to pick them out in the winter garden when it is raining or snowing on these cold mornings. I decided to pick a couple plants the day before and placed them in water to last a little longer.
To my surprise not only did the onions last longer they actually kept growing. So I just cut off what I need and more is waiting for me after a few days. All I do is changes the water every few days and enjoy my seemingly endless supply of green onions (ok…will keep growing until the bulb runs out of energy…)
February 25th, 2012 at 11:30 PM
It works with parsley, too.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:27 AM
Neat! Why don’t suppliers and stores do it this way? They’d be much more fresh.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
This is so cute! And such good information! Thank you very much for sharing your kitchen/garden tips. I can share in your enjoyment of little green circles on your morning egg! Good work!
February 26th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I did the same thing a few weeks ago, but I did end up replanting the onions. I blogged about it at this end of this post: http://armsofasister.com/2012/02/21/recipes-for-fun-wacky-science-recipesforfun/
February 26th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
@Sherry – thanks for adding the info about parsley. We’ll do that next!
February 26th, 2012 at 4:32 PM
I’ve been doing this for a while- it works great! I find I can get 2 or 3 cuttings, before the energy stored in the bulb of the onion is depleted. And yes, definitely plant them!