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Améliorer son terrain. La spirale d'herbes aromatiques. Les anglais, dont le climat humide ne favorise pas la culture des plantes aromatiques, ont inventé un parterre surélevé en spirale pour les cultiver dans n’importe quel jardin.

La spirale d'herbes aromatiques

La structure accumule la chaleur et tempère les variations de température. How to Regrow Your Groceries. The idea of regrowing your groceries sounds too good to be true, but in some cases it really is possible.

How to Regrow Your Groceries

Check out these step-by-step instructions for regrowing common grocery items: Green Onions Photo &copy Erin Huffstetler Cut the last inch off of each onion (this will give you the bulb and roots). Plant these in a flower pot or in your garden. More About Green Onions/Scallions Celery Cut the bottom inch off of a bunch of celery. More About Growing Celery Ginger Soak your ginger overnight. More About Growing Ginger Leaf Lettuce and Greens Any time you harvest leaf lettuce from your garden, pick the outer leaves, but leave the inner leaves untouched. More About Growing Lettuce Pineapples Cut off the top of a pineapple, and carefully scoop the fruit off of the underside (the crown). Potatoes Cut a one-inch (approx.) chunk from a potato that includes one or two eyes. More About Growing Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Bury all or part of a sweet potato under a thin layer of soil.

16 Foods That’ll Re-Grow from Kitchen Scraps. By Andy Whiteley Co-Founder of Wake Up World Looking for a healthy way to get more from your garden?

16 Foods That’ll Re-Grow from Kitchen Scraps

Like to know your food is free of the pesticides and other nasties that are often sprayed on commercial crops? Re-growing food from your kitchen scraps is a good way to do it! There’s nothing like eating your own home- grown vegies, and there are heaps of different foods that will re- grow from the scrap pieces that you’d normally throw out or put into your compost bin. It’s fun. Just remember … the quality of the “parent” vegetable scrap will help to determine the quality of the re-growth.

Leeks, Scallions, Spring Onions and Fennel You can either use the white root end of a vegetable that you have already cut, or buy a handful of new vegetables to use specifically for growing. Simply place the white root end in a glass jar with a little water, and leave it in a sunny position. Lemongrass Lemongrass grows just like any other grass. Within a week or so, new growth will start to appear. Ginger.