DIY: Grow Your Own Green Onions In the Windowsill

DIY: Grow Your Own Green Onions In the Windowsill

DIY Time

It’s DIY Time again, where I post something you can do yourself rather than buy, which is a money saver, and can be VERY REWARDING.  Some of these posts are crafts, sewing projects, homemade cleaners, homemade health aids, tutorials, and the like.

When my friend Nancy was over a few weeks ago, she told me in passing about taking the end of a green onion, putting it in water, and growing it inside on a windowsill that receives light.  I did it, and 10 days later I had this:

Discovering this has opened another window to the discovery of how much we can actually do on our own that is actually REALLY EASY.  I have grown and rooted other house plants before, but never something I could actually eat.  I am in the process of exploring other things to grow inside.  Do you have any suggestions for me?

Can you see how crazy long those roots are growing??  This is after about 3 weeks!

Hi Chungah. Your enchiladas look SO good-pinning! I am in love with my slow cooker. This morning I had <a href=”https://practical-stewardship.com/2012/01/14/homemade-crock-pot-yogurt-recipe/” target=”_blank”>yogurt</a> in one of my crock-pots, salsa in other, and <a href=”https://practical-stewardship.com/2014/09/03/crock-pot-apple-butter/” target=”_blank”>apple butter</a> in another. It makes food prep way easier (especially using up fall harvest), and I love how you can just fix and forget things for a while.  I have 3 kids on the go, so it’s very helpful. Also, I love taking crock-pot cooking to the next level by sautéing the onions, carrots and celery of soups in a cast iron skillet before throwing them in the crock. Brings out the flavor. Hope you have a great weekend!

The Ingredients:

• green onion ends  
• container/vase
• water
• 1 rubber band optional

The Instructions:

• Optional: rubber band the green onion ends.
• Immerse the onion ends in water.
• Wait for growth, and change the water every couple of days.
• Cut as you would normally and use in your favorite recipes, keeping the bulbs under water.

The Conclusion: It’s so fun to watch something grow over time.  The kids love this, too!!  I can’t believe how fast this grew.  Amazing!  If the onions lose a little flavor or become bitter, just buy a bunch and start the process again.  We enjoyed them on salads.

The onions can become slimy overtime, so make you change the water in a timely manner! I learned from personal experience….

I just bought more this week to get some more starts going.  I have my long rooted onions in the pot and the freshly cut ones in the windowsill in a glass vase with water.  I’ll give you an update and tell you if the potted onion is an epic failure or an extreme success or somewhere in between.

Update5/29/12  Go here to read about growing green onions in a pot along with getting four frugal garbage to garden tips.

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