Frugal Garden

Money lacking like it is I've posted I want to plant a garden this years. So I've been looking a seeds in the local stores and I'm not quite sure why but seeds have gone up a lot this year so I've been trying to do some thrifty seed shopping and got two of my neighbors involved. See I've found on a few sites that I can buy seeds in larger amounts for cheaper so I'm splitting the costs with my neighbors. Then one of the two neighbors said she doesn't have the time to start seeds so she buys live plants so in exchange for a large pack of seeds I'll give her half the plants. This seems like it's going to be a lot of fun (if the weather cooperates). I also ordered some jasmine seeds to plant along my front fence line. It's chain link and due to living near the coast it's starting to rust so I'm going to hide it and jasmine smells so good plus after a few years the birds will love to nest in it.

My onion and garlic waste plants are doing great also and the first few are already potted. I'm not sure if I posted it here so let me explain how to make onion plants from onion waste. First thing the next time you use an onion make sure to leave about 1/2 to 1 inch on the bottom of the onion where the roots used to be. It will look look this

Next you want to put it in just a little water. It will look like the onion is dying but unless it rots then leave it there and change the water as needed

Then after a week or two you will notice the center is starting to grow. When the center got a little larger I removed the outer dead onion and split the two center growths into two plants and put them in a shot glass so they would stand better

This is a side view of one of the halves

Once they got a little larger I put them in a pot along with two garlic scraps I had rooted. Once the get even larger they will either go in the garden or in a larger pot but at this time I can start using their tops for cooking while they keep growing