Every plant is an experiment when you grow from kitchen leftovers.

I wondered if a hacked down piece of fennel bulb would root, so I toseed it in water. It's is putting up lacey leaves, now.

Last year I had a bare spot in a planter and a beet trying to root in the refrigerator. I put them together and got a lovely leafy ornamental-looking plant. I expected it do die over the winder, but it survived and thrived and last week we had yummy beet greens sauteed in olive oil with garlic with our dinner.

I didn't now that beet roots push up into a cone that rises above the soil for several inches, but they do. And then, I seem to remember reading somewhere that you could chop oneoff at the top and the plant will regrow. So I did.

Then I looked at that hairy chunk that I had in my hand and at that thriving fennel bulb and wondered...

T now have several pieces of beetroot, each of which seems to have air roots growing from it, sitting in a leftover plastic container of water.

A continual supply of salad and cooking greens that grow well here, in spite of critters and desert climate would be most welcome!

I'll report back on this one, for sure.

Jan