Activity to try while young kids are home

Mar 25, 2020

Here is an activity you can try while kids are home waiting for covid19 to subside.

Try growing some easy vegetables/fruits from scraps. This activity and may spark your child’s interest in gardening.

Some of the easier vegetables you try from scraps are: Romaine lettuce, celery, green onions.

Romaine lettuce, onions, celery : take the stump cut about 1-2 inches from the end of the vegetable. Fill a container halfway with water, set the stump side down in water, please in a sunny window and watch for new growth, which will start within a few days. Change the water every couple of days. For those of you on town water, keep some water on hand that has sat for at least a day to reduce the chemicals that would have been added to water. After about 3 weeks I could will see new roots start to appear on my lettuce. At this point when roots are a few inch long you can place it in soil water and continue to watch it grow. Or cut off the small amount of lettuce which did regrow and enjoy.

Hopefully during this time your kids would have been excited with watching the regrowth occur.

Have fun and stay safe.

Written by Judy Wall A member of the Lanark County Master Gardeners.

Photo taken by Judy Wall