I'm a gardening 専門家 - these are the seven ありふれた vegetables and herbs you can regrow from food 捨てるs

By Zac Campbell

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With spring in 十分な swing and summer to follow, many gardeners are busy 準備するing and 工場／植物ing their outdoor spaces with the sun 向こうずねing again.?

However, for keen horticulturalists who are also fond of home cooking, there is something more you can do indoors too.?

A 最近の 熟考する／考慮する 設立する that?British 世帯s throw away £1,000 of fruit and veg every year, with shoppers 非難するing multipacks for the £17billion 価値（がある） of food they waste 毎年.?

In an 成果／努力 to help home cooks and 減ずる waste, gardening 専門家s from Gardening 表明する are encouraging 世帯s to keep their food 捨てるs as they can be used to regrow items such as lettuce, onions and garlic.

Read on below to find out the?seven ありふれた foodstuffs you can regrow by keeping food 捨てるs.?

In an effort to help home cooks and reduce waste, gardening experts from Gardening Express are encouraging households to keep their food scraps as they can be used to regrow items such as lettuce, onions and garlic

In an 成果／努力 to help home cooks and 減ずる waste, gardening 専門家s from Gardening 表明する are encouraging 世帯s to keep their food 捨てるs as they can be used to regrow items such as lettuce, onions and garlic

Lettuce?

株ing their first item that you can regrow easily without having to throw it away, the gardening 専門家s said that you should consider 再使用するing lettuce leaves.?

They said that, to regrow lettuce leaves, you should 蓄える／店 the leftover leaves in a bowl filled one-third of the way up with water.?

Afterwards, place the bowl の上に a windowsill so it can receive a healthy 量 of sunlight to grow efficiently.

Onions?

While you might be tempted to throw away onions if you have 超過 waste left over from some recipes, Gradening 表明する says they are very 平易な to regrow.??

This can be done by cutting off the root end of an onion and 工場／植物ing it 直接／まっすぐに into the 国／地域. Next, cover the 最高の，を越す with some extra dirt and then make sure to water it frequently.?

You should also take care to put it in the sunniest 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 利用できる ーするために help 加速する growth.

You can regrow lettuce easily by simply reusing lettuce leaves. Pictured: File image of a lettuce field on a winter day

You can regrow lettuce easily by 簡単に 再使用するing lettuce leaves. Pictured: とじ込み／提出する image of a lettuce field on a winter day

Garlic?

Next up, the gardening 専門家s 警告するd that you should never let leftover garlic bulbs get 蓄える／店d away in the 支援する of a cupboard, only for them to be thrown away.

Instead of letting them 満了する／死ぬ, they advise you to 工場／植物 the bulb with the roots 直面するing 負かす／撃墜する into the 国／地域 in an area where it can receive sunlight.

Peppers?

Once you have used the entirety of a bell pepper for a recipe like a 動かす-fry or Mexican rice dish, you may think there is no 利益 to keeping the vegetable's seeds.?

However, if you do not throw them away, and 許す them to 完全に 乾燥した，日照りの out for a day or so, you can grow your own peppers at home.?

This can be done by 工場／植物ing the seeds into the ground, making sure they receive sunlight and are frequently watered, so that they can grow again.?

Basil?

While many might associate homegrown foodstuffs with fruit and vegetables, the method can also be 適用するd to fresh herbs such as basil.?

In 類似の fashion to lettuce, basil can be 再使用するd by 存在 placed into a bowl of water and left in an area which receives direct sunlight.?

Cucumbers??

Cucumbers have had a staggering price 増加する over the last few years.?

To make full use of cucumbers, keep hold of the seeds and replant them so you have your very own collection

To make 十分な use of cucumbers, keep 持つ／拘留する of the seeds and replant them so you have your very own collection

To make 十分な use of their 購入（する）, keep 持つ／拘留する of the seeds and replant them so you have your very own collection.

Potatoes?

Another ありふれた vegetable peel that is routinely wasted is the peel of a potato, as they are not often used for dishes outside of baking.??

However, the gardening g urus say that you should keep 持つ／拘留する of all potato peelings which have the いわゆる '注目する，もくろむs on the 肌', as they can be replanted into the ground.?

If you do choose to replant the 肌s, the 注目する，もくろむs should be 直面するing 上向き when 工場／植物ing them so that the sprouts shoot up from the ground.