Never buy green onions again...grow your own!

[Lynn49]

I love this! I'd love to not only plop some in the garden, but have a pot of them growing inside, too!

http://dish.allrecipes.com/save-mone...=1&eaid=679637

[dededi]

Great idea.

[SnowFlakey]

Ive been doing this for years. It works.

[Natalka]

I tried it last year, for me - not worth it, really. They were spindley

[couponkrystal]

I've done that with chives right outside my kitchen door. They grow great and adds a great mild onion flavour to my meals since dh doesn't eat onions I I like them.

[Lynn49]

Ive been doing this for years. It works.

Snowflakey, do you a Miracle Grow soil? I use that exclusively in all our outdoor pots and everything grows so well.....I imagine that would work for these, too...?

[Natalka]

I only kept mine in water - might be worth trying transplanting outside.

[Natalka]

I've done that with chives right outside my kitchen door. They grow great and adds a great mild onion flavour to my meals since dh doesn't eat onions I I like them.

Stupid question, but what do you start with? We had chives growing outdoors at our former house, and I really loved having them!

[padyofurniture]

We've been doing this for awhile too. Great when you want to add a small garnish to eggs or whatever you happen to be eating.

I've seen a picture where people are doing the same thing with celery. I've been meaning to try it too.

[Lynn49]

Stupid question, but what do you start with? We had chives growing outdoors at our former house, and I really loved having them!

Nat, we started ours with one of those little Canadian Tire potted plants and get more every year! I clean and freeze them, chop them up when I need a few and it works very well...

[SnowFlakey]

My mom had chives growing all over her garden. She had so much she was throwing them away. She even had garlic chives. When we sold her house i dug up the chives and garlic chives and transplanted them to my backyard garden. So i have chives and garlic chives coming up every spring. As a matter of fact i snipped some chives yesterday and just chewed on them. But i usually freeze a bunch for the winter months. Tip: Freeze chives between coffee liners. Or you can dry them.

[Natalka]

Nat, we started ours with one of those little Canadian Tire potted plants and get more every year! I clean and freeze them, chop them up when I need a few and it works very well...

But... are you starting them from seed? Is that the flowering thingee that grows on them after a while?

[thriftygranny]

Nat I just purchased a whole chive plant, they are easy to keep. I think I have seen chive seeds though.

[Natalka]

thanks - I definitely will do that this year, I really miss having them.

Same with spring onions - in our former house, I had many transplanted from my mom's garden - from over 20 years before! We moved here in winter, so of course didn't take them.

When my son was little and would play outside, he'd just pick a few onion stems and chew on them!

[Shwa Girl]

Thanks Lynn49
also pineapple, celery, ginger, round onions, garlic