Growing Celery and Green Onions from Scraps

I was browsing around blogs when I discovered how to regrow both celery and green onions on 17 Apart.

It was my lucky day. I had random scraps of both in my fridge. The celery, as you'll see, already had pieces removed from it, so it is not a full base, but nonetheless, it's growing fanstastically.

 Day One

Take a stalk of celery and cut of the base. You know, the part you won't eat because it's no good.
Now stick it in a saucer (I don't really have one, so I used this glass pot lid). Add warm water so that a good portion of the celery is resting in the water. Stick it in a sunny windowsill.

Day 3

After only a few days, you can see the celery beginning to grow. I swear, every time I look at this, I can see a difference. You can see above that what was flat when I chopped it, now is raised in the centre. From a birds-eye you can see the leaves developing.

Day Seven

Every couple of days, we replace the old water with some fresh water. And here we are a week later. Holy Palooza! I think it is an absolutely beautiful thing that I can buy some celery at the grocery store, and take such simple steps to grow myself more. Once this has more substantial roots, and has grown a bit more, I will transfer it outdoors to my balcony garden. At the same time, I think I will buy another stalk of celery and start it, so I will have harvests at different times. 

http://www.thekitchn.com/re-growing-celery-grow-a-new-bunch-indoors-or-outdoors-169801

On this wonderful day when I discovered I could regrow celery, I also discovered the green onion post. Lucky for me I had it in my fridge also. You know when I you buy something like celery or green onion at the store in a bundle, but it's always far more than you need? That was just the struggle with the onions, they were looking a little sad, as there glory days had come and gone. 

Day One

 I stuck them in this goblet with some warm water. Just as they were. There growth was not as significant as the celery, but you can definitely see it. I have trimmed them/used some too. You need to do the same thing as with the celery, and switch out the old water every couple of days.

Day Seven

As you can see, the roots have developed quite a bit. I will probably transfer them this week to my DIY oil tin planter from my first gardening post. 

http://www.17apart.com/2012/02/how-to-grow-green-onions-indefinitely.html

Finally, I wanted to share this book review. I'm thinking of getting it, because it's obviously what I'm all about right now. Does anyone own this/have an opinion about it for me?
http://www.shoestringmag.com/diy/review-dont-throw-it-grow-it

Happy Gardening everyone!