While I am waiting for spring to decide if it is, indeed, ready to show itself I wanted to try something I saw in an article I was reading on-line. My family participates in a bi-weekly co-op whereby members can purchase fruit, vegetables, dry goods and other grocery items at a considerably reduced price. It is a wonderful opportunity and I must publicly thank my friend Kathi Kaltenbach for introducing me to this opportunity. I will be sharing more about the co-op in future blog posts.
Anyway, one of the produce items included last time was a stalk of celery. We use celery frequently and that which can not be used in a timely manner gets chopped and frozen for a quick addition to other dishes. I had seen a story about how easy it is to grow your own celery so I decided this would be a perfect first crop for the garden my grandson and I are planning for this year.
After cutting the celery ribs from the stalk, leaving about 2 inches of the stub, I placed it in water in a glass container and set it on the windowsill. I was amazed at how quickly the celery began to take root and even more astonished at how soon it actually started growing leaves - remember, I am a fledgling gardener experiencing this with a soon to be 5 year old! Yesterday I had the opportunity to show Ryan our celery. He was certainly more excited that I was and was ready to rush right out to do some gardening. I explained how, unfortunately, it was still cold and that we will not be putting in any plants for at leas a couple of months. Whether he was able to grasp that concept of time or not I do not know but he seemed satisfied with my answer.
I have posted a picture that I took of the celery at just a few days of growth and I will be keeping an online journal here so stay tuned and thank you for reading my blog.
Anyway, one of the produce items included last time was a stalk of celery. We use celery frequently and that which can not be used in a timely manner gets chopped and frozen for a quick addition to other dishes. I had seen a story about how easy it is to grow your own celery so I decided this would be a perfect first crop for the garden my grandson and I are planning for this year.
After cutting the celery ribs from the stalk, leaving about 2 inches of the stub, I placed it in water in a glass container and set it on the windowsill. I was amazed at how quickly the celery began to take root and even more astonished at how soon it actually started growing leaves - remember, I am a fledgling gardener experiencing this with a soon to be 5 year old! Yesterday I had the opportunity to show Ryan our celery. He was certainly more excited that I was and was ready to rush right out to do some gardening. I explained how, unfortunately, it was still cold and that we will not be putting in any plants for at leas a couple of months. Whether he was able to grasp that concept of time or not I do not know but he seemed satisfied with my answer.
I have posted a picture that I took of the celery at just a few days of growth and I will be keeping an online journal here so stay tuned and thank you for reading my blog.