Growing Spring Onions On Your Window Sill - Easy and Economic

Growing Spring Onions on window sill is one of the many things I have got to know because of Pinterest.   
If you are not on Pinterest yet then you are missing quite a lot of fun ideas and things. Do join in.

Growing spring onions at home is easy, economical and the best part is you don't need anything fancy. Just a glass jar and water and good amount of sunshine.

I use spring onions quite often, be it for garnishing or in Indo Chinese dishes or in stir fries, I need it often. So, when I saw this simple trick of growing it at home, I decided to try it straight away. I am growing my own spring onion for quite some months now and I am absolutely delighted to see them grow. It comes in real handy when you need just a sprig for garnish dishes.
 

 Next time you buy spring onions make sure you do not throw the white root part away. All you have to do it take a glass, add half a cup of water, take the spring onion roots (snip off the green part completely, we just need the white part with the roots) and put them in the water.

 Make sure the water doesn't submerge it completely, the top ends need to get some air! Keep it on your window sill that gets good sunshine and watch it grow to its fully glory in just a week.
Add and change water is 2-3 days. Snip off the greens and keep the whites in water and it will grow again.

Note: I have realized that after 5-6 growth, the greens come out very thin. So, I usually discard them after 5-6 times and start over again with new roots.

Isn't that easy?

Do try it yourself and let me know how it works for you.

Do you have any other such tips? Will love to hear.

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A Few Tips & Facts - Interesting!

A few days back I had recieved a forwarded mail from my friend G. It had a list of interesting tips and facts. So, today I am sharing those in my post here. I found this information useful and I think readers might benefit from this post. If you try any of these in your day to day life, let me know how it worked for you as I haven't tried all of these myself. Many thanks to the anoynomous person who had compiled it. Hope you find it as interesting as I found them.

Read on!

~Ants Problem:
Ants hate cucumbers. Keep the skin of cucumbers near the place or ant hole.
~To get clear Ice cubes:
Boil water  first before freezing.

~To  make the mirror shine:
Clean with  sprite. (Wonder what happens to the enamel of our teeth).

~To  remove chewing gum from clothes:
Keep the cloth  in the freezer for an hour.
~ To whiten white clothes:
Soak white clothes in hot water with a slice of lemon for 10 minutes.
~To  give a shine to hair :
Add one teaspoon of vinegar to hair, then wash hair.

~To  get maximum juice out of lemons :
Soak lemons in hot water for one hour, and then juice them.

~To  avoid smell of cabbage while cooking:
Keep a piece of bread on the cabbage in the vessel while cooking.
~To  avoid tears while cutting onions:
Chew gum.

~To  boil potatoes quickly:
Skin one  potato from one side only before boiling.

~To  remove ink from clothes :
Put toothpaste on the ink spots generously and let it dry completely, then wash.

~To skin sweet potatoes quickly :
Soak in cold  water immediately after boiling.
~To get rid of mice or rats :
Sprinkle black pepper in places where you find mice or rats. They will run away.

This space has been silent for a few days now and I am also not being able to visit other blogs. The reason being my Parent in Laws are here to visit us and I am having a lovely time with them. Reading has taken a back seat but cooking is in the forefront. I will be back soon with some tried and tested recipes and hopefully a book review in coming weeks.

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