You guys know how much I’m loving my kitchen window sill herb garden so far this spring. I’ve talked about here, here, and here. (Heck, it kinda seems like I can’t stop talking about it!)

But after the death of nearly all of my little seedling babies (Alas, it stayed cold for too long-darn you unpredictable Missouri weather), I need something living and cheerful, and that herb garden has been growing strong for me since the beginning.

Anyway, yesterday morning, I spent about an hour adding another little fun aspect to our inside garden, green onions!

(Image From taproduce.com)

Now, I know what you’re thinking, “Those are just store-bought green onions, how are you going to grow those?”

(Actually, if you frequent Pinterest, you may not think that. In fact, you may already know where this post is headed.)

Ah, yes, these green onions are in fact, super green onions—because they can regrow themselves! At least, that’s what I’ve read…and I was ready to give it a shot.

So, I grabbed a bag of green onions that had been sitting in our crisper drawer for several, several weeks (2 months, probably) and I chopped off all the remaining green tops.

I’d only used these for one or two recipes, so I had a lot left over. Since they’d been in there for so long, a few were getting a little wilted, but for the most part, they were still good.

I did peel off any wilted layers, though.

I saved the usable tops in a small container for future use.

Then, it was time for the fun part.

I selected two glass mason jars from our collection in the basement and rinsed them out.

Then, I added a few smooth, black decorative rocks, pretty much just for looks, but they did help raise the onions a little higher in the glass.

Now, since I’m doing this project as an experiment, I decided to use both methods I’d seen online.

For Jar #1, I set the trimmed onions on the rocks and then filled the jar up with water. I’ve read you need to change the water every couple of days for this method, which doesn’t sound all that great to me, but we’ll give it a shot and see.

(I found tips for this method here and here.)

For Jar #2, I added rocks, then some really moist potting mix. I actually soaked the potting mix in water to make sure it was really saturated.

Then, I made a deep hole (all the way down to the rocks) with a knife, and placed the onions in. I pushed the dirt back up around the onions with my fingers.

I then added even more water to make sure it was super moist. I think most of the water drained out to the bottom rock layer, but that’s okay. It should still help keep it nice and moist.

(I found tips for this method here.)

Now, we wait and see how it works, and which works best. Don’t worry, I’ll keep you all posted with how it goes.

I do know that I love my little window sill garden even more now!

Just look how cheerful and happy everything looks!

And it’s all edible! I love using the fresh herbs, so I’m excited to use the green onions more, too! I think it will be so handy to just snip off a few and then let them keep growing. I wonder how long they’ll stay healthy and usable?

Just as a heads up, I think they’ve already grown, ever so slightly at least, since I trimmed them yesterday! See how they are uneven at the top? I cut them straight across yesterday, so I think that means they’ve grown!)

If you notice them being shorter, I trimmed them again after the photos yesterday, so not to worry there.

Ever tried re-growing green onions? If this works, are you going to give it a shot? I’d say any edible plant that can regenerate itself automatically qualifies as being as cool as Inspector Gadget’s go-go-gadget-arm, or whatever other awesome stuff he had going on.