What Happens When You REGROW Vegetables From Kitchen SCRAPS in the Garden?

In this video, I show you what happens when you regrow vegetables from kitchen scraps in the garden. I plant out scrap onion, lettuce, potato, celery, cabbage, tomato, and carrots and we see how they grow over 3 months.
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Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in SE Queensland Australia about 45kms north of Brisbane - the climate is subtropical (similar to Florida). I started Self Sufficient Me in 2011 as a blog website project where I document and write about backyard food growing, self-sufficiency, and urban farming in general. I love sharing my foodie and DIY adventures online so come along with me and let's get into it! Cheers, Mark :)

[@putiyip6649]

I just re-planted my wine bottle, wish me luck!!

[@Chookie2629]

Got a bloody good laugh from this, thanks 👍🤣🙏🏻🥰

[@jic7843]

How did it go? 🍷🤣

[@nicholasromano8669]

HAHHAHAHA...I need some help with my empty vodka bottles!

[@KanishQQuotes]

You stole my comment

[@amug3536]

AAA membership will come out - don't worry!!!!

[@davealmighty9638]

10 years ago I took one bulb of garlic, with about a dozen cloves, and planted it. By the 2 year mark, I had more garlic than anyone would need in a lifetime. It still grows to this day.

[@SundaysChild1966]

Oh wow, that is amazing! Do you eat the green tops, the garlic scapes? They are popular with the foodies .. Bless

[@kenpca]

No vampires will come within 10 miles of your house lol

[@bddollen7384]

- DOES THE GARLIC EFFECT THE OTHER CROPS BESIDE IT ? DOES IT HELP KEEP THE BUGS , ETC., AWAY ?

[@bddollen7384]

WHAT WOULD USE TO FEED YOUR PRODUCE , OR, PROTECT THEM??

[@pierre2898]

@@bddollen7384 WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

[@beccanertia619]

Finally! A gardening channel that helps people start from zero and you dig with your bare hands, I just I love it! You got me, I'm hooked.

[@sheekaq841]

Yes, He is a BLAST?!!!!!

[@janetsadeghi1501]

I remember being so depressed and anxious when the pandemic started. Also, lots of personal problems were just snowballing. I started watching this man's videos thank God, and they just brought a smile to my face. He is just heart-warming.

[@loriethacker8691]

He's very comforting isn't he? 😊

[@janetsadeghi1501]

@@loriethacker8691 He is! He is just so confident and happy - it's contagious 😊.

[@Enthusiasmisgood]

You okay now, Janet?

[@janetsadeghi1501]

@@Enthusiasmisgood thanks for asking :-) I'm ok now - thank God.

[@bunnyclick2110]

Keep you r hand on the Mother i say

[@roses1162]

"its not just the money, its the health, the regrowth, the less waste, its the rejuvenation..." This is exactly why my family has been forgoing grocery shopping for seed shopping more and more these days. Its hard to put into words how rewarding working with the land and time to help make something wonderful grow.

[@majoriebell3198]

I like that video

[@deplorablewarrior7690]

Make sure to get "heritage," non-GMO, seeds.

[@InnaVitamina777]

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[@saferabies]

I think its better to grocery shop and regrow the bits. Because other people won't.

[@josepablo011986]

Yeah, i know the feeling. Recently i start planting 4 cherry tomatoes from seeds, i transplant them from the seedbed to 1 of my plantpots 1 week ago and they are growing strong.

[@wtfnessi]

It's 4 am, perfect time to improve my gardening skills.

[@abroamg]

Same idea, it's 5 am now

[@depthshade837]

u wake up early

[@klausosho]

Indeed, 4:12 here.

[@moix5799]

Lol I'm watching this at 5.55 am ha

[@starduck8014]

it'll sink in

[@michellelovesstmichael3835]

When you plant a slice of tomato, make sure it has seeds in it! I planted a slice out of the middle of a tomato - it grew about 6 plants!

[@susichristianson3395]

Make perfect sense.

[@poopsifter9022]

He may get volunteer tomato plants next year. I planted Roma tomatos 10 years ago and I have been getting volunteer plants each year. I just have to transplant to other desired locations.

[@lisanjohnny1]

I live in Hawaii and fruits and vegetables are just so expensive these days. I had bought containers and soil so I could start planting my own garden and I wanted some tips and tricks on how to start my garden and you’ve given me some good ideas. Love your teaching techniques.

[@rositaalonzo6909]

you need to watch Teo's garden DIY Urban Gardener, he does not have land, only floors, patio, terrace and plant EVERYTHING and in adapted containers, even car tires!

[@caridadrevilla2439]

I just planted a pineapple from cutting off the top. It's growing beautifully inside my apt. I have it by my window.

[@Dreamhelmet]

I always wondered why supermarket prices for fruits and veggies were so outrageous in Hawaii. I guess most is imported?

[@intelligenceart6]

i use to live on oahu and i’m just wondering how your garden is coming along. Think it’d be hard to grow some of the vegetables he mentioned in the weather since it’s either sunny and humid or aggressively raining . Plus the boars and chickens running all over the place might get into the garden if it’s ground level.

[@sheekaq841]

Very BLESSED YOU ARE💗🌺💗🌺💗🌺

[@blacksorrento4719]

My grandmother told me how the minute WWII was declared in England, the following week my grandfather turned all his flower beds into a vegetable garden, then as the war went on, the small amount of lawn got turned as well. In these Covid times, we may as well busy ourselves, be organic and have some produce to show for it. Good on you, love and appreciate your easy down to earth manner 👍👍😁

[@youtoo2072]

especially as the - artificially produced inflation takes over too as well bc of covid fallout, we can be better at having fresh produce at home. perhaps the nefarious want us to do this / am very tired of the displacement of our real valid precovid indutries/farming ,fuel, forestry/lumber, etc. yes , china should pay every nation back and back off our economies w beihjing hoarding, coercing, mal-trading, overtaking , over burdening as xi ping does for his ego and goads other tyrants to enact losses crucially detrimental upon nations making the world weak to get us codependent on xi and his ilk.. no one wants gov centralized police! Pray we all get our independences!! our uniquenesses actually help each other in REAL individual crisis instead of always vulnerable burdens for big gov.

[@joelitakala5552]

This COVID 19 pandemic just made me remember that I can be out of a job anytime and that knowing how to farm is important and is the way to go to be self sufficient.

[@mattlewandowski73]

I do not know about where you live, but here in the states it used to be "your patriotic duty" to garden and do for yourself... now it is bad for business, thus "unamerican" for one to produce for themselves instead of being blind consumers. Ever wonder why those videos showing you how to replant an avocado seed always present it like "isn't this cute... I can replant a seed in a mayo jar"??? We have been conditioned to think of such things as a novelty.

[@tonyhogg9839]

The problem is, to produce enough food to last you a whole year, you need a giant garden for a family of four. For one person alone, you need a garden of 4000 square feet to produce enough food for one year. My parents had a huge garden growing up. Canning and freezing so many vegetables, and I don't think that food alone would've gotten us all to six months. I don't think people realize just how little food a typical backyard garden produces.

[@BadWolfSilence]

@@tonyhogg9839 We need to be doing as much as we can do, however much that is, because it will make a difference when everything goes to crap. And it is going to crap very quickly.

[@Me-th3gj]

Gotta get back to our roots, just incase.

[@susanphillips1777]

@@Me-th3gj Haha. Roots! 😁😂🤣🤣🤣

[@luvcatscatscatsCATS]

I have put carrot tops in a shallow dish of water for years just to enjoy the lovely greenery in the windowsill area during the cold dark winter months. Twice now a carrot has actually shot up and given me a lovely flower!! Just from a half inch of rotting root!! What a gift.

[@SusanAlexy]

I just planted 3 celery bases and my friend, a lettuce base. I remarked yesterday, "Hmm...wouldn't it be a great video to demonstrate what you could grow from Kitchen Scraps?" and here, today, I see this episode! Great job!!! and I'm really looking forward to my Scrap Garden! Thank you for all you do. You're really an inspiration!

[@anoddviewcreative505]

I tossed an old rotting onion in the garden, realized it was sprouting and covered it more. Ended up with two massive onions as big as a large hand. Enough for a French onion soup.

[@fan9775]

Oui.

[@kitabootforever]

Thats so cool!

[@brokeneggshell5041]

Ooh cool, did you make onion soup?

[@brianjones3191]

I've planted several, and the resulting onions were all pathetic.

[@benishborogove2692]

You got lucky. It could have just gone to seed, depending on whether it was a long-day or short-day variety.

[@crism4932]

Hi Mark, wanted to let you know that I actually cut the celery leaves off and air dry them on cookie sheet. Then crunch them up, put in jar and add to soups, stews, and chowders. The celery flavor from the dried leaves is very concentrated and strong but it's my secret ingredient when someone tries to guess the ingredients in my cooking. Love your videos. Take care

[@roxannahartless6846]

Now we all know your Secret. 😊 L.O.L. 😄

[@ricebeansrockroll882]

Oh, brilliant!

[@rachelm7525]

I do that, too! Why waste, eh? 🙂

[@ppainterco]

I add celery leaves to food, too, and it does spike the flavor a good bit. Besides, Celery and beets are high in nitrates which naturally lower blood pressure, so keep adding it to your food.

[@daughterofTheLion]

Old School! My grandmother did the same and everything she cooked was amazing! She was a young woman during the Great Depression and she never wasted anything!

[@madams.5976]

My dad was a farmer so when he came to the U.S., he always had a garden. Potatoes were always a veggie that he had a separate space for because they take up a lot of room. Tomatoes he grew from seeds and they need sun and also need their own bed. Those round cylinders maybe should be dedicated to one crop if you don’t have a large bed. Great work though!

[@RamDragon32]

I loved watching your potato hunt. I did that with a 2-inch cut-off of a purple sweet potato about 7 years ago and that thing took over the 4x8 foot growing bed choking out everything else I planted. It also came back every year because I can never find all the potatos! (It's a good thing they are my new favorite food!)

[@GenericSpace]

Skip a season. Don't water it or anything and it'll die-out.

[@skd]

Watching your videos makes me realize that, if any catastrophic event happens and we are back to hunter-gatherers, I will probably die first.

[@tttm99]

To be fair you'll probably have some stiff competition 👍😆

[@ucann777]

Oh that is just TOO funny 🤣

[@shefas]

our heads will be used for tomato growing

[@dharristhadon1608]

😂😂😂😂 facts dawg

[@Frank183847572828]

Unless we screw real bad which we're ahead of schedule right now so ... keep your hopes up. ^.^

[@BaskingInObscurity]

Just out of curiosity I started planting odd food scraps here and there rather than throw everything in the compost. Leeks blew my mind; they're freaking huge. I didn't think any of the carrots or radishes did much, but apparently they seeded the whole immediate area and now I even have a carrot growing up through a crack in the sidewalk. >.< These things are growing better than the plants I deliberately started! I'm a terrible gardener for the same reason I'm terrible at a lot of things, moody procrastination. Working on it, though. Getting better each year. :)

[@peggyhall843]

Hi ! I didn't know that about leeks- thank you for that. I had one little tomato plant a "sweet William 100. That plant grew huge and reseeded itself for years. I guess It was just the right place? I'm going to try herbs in my window. If my cats will behave. 🌼

[@Wykesidefruitmachine]

The gardening should help with the other things, speaking from experience. Good luck, and have fun! 😊

[@kiki29073]

Volunteer plants usually do grow crazy like that. They are healthy and sturdier for some reason.

[@shelleysmith4017]

@@peggyhall843 Grow a little catnip or catmint in a pot as a sacrificial plant for the cats to leave your other herbs alone, if your guys like catnip. It really helps keep your cats away from the others if you are growing windowsill herbs. For our cat it was spearmint though as she has never liked catnip (she is an odd girl lol). I eventually had to take pity on the spearmint plant And take it away to recover for awhile, as it looked like it had stuck its roots in an electric socket, it was all frizzy from Apachee rolling and loving on it. But it meant all my other kitchen herbs were left to grow in peace. This year I think I will grow a couple pots so I can swap them around to give each some rest from the kitty love and adoration lol. Good luck with your herbs!

[@SeniorMoostacho]

always, always grow from seed. It will produce the best product ever. And the best part is, you need to do nothing but provide it water. Plants know best. 8D

[@highspeedboom]

Watching him eat fresh vegetables on camera is like watching a kid in a candy store for the first time!, really in joy your videos!, keep up the good work! I now feel excited to grow more in my own garden now..

[@chinarivas4937]

I appreciate you taking the time and tasting your plants shows how much you really care about what you're doing!!! God bless your Harvest.

[@sheekaq841]

God Bless You🕊️

[@charliebishop103]

“just Cos” killed me. i watch these videos to fill the dadless void in my life. mark is my dad now.

[@nottechytutorials]

If you're interested there's a channel called "Dad, how do I" that teaches you how to do some stuff.

[@michellebamtyles]

Jesus Christ is King and is coming soon… John 3:16 “For God so loved the World he gave is only begotten son(Jesus Christ) and whosoever believes in shall not perish but have everlasting life.” This is a sign from God to come back to him and repent. Repent meaning turn away from sins and give your life to Jesus. Jesus died so that you can have a chance to live with him in peace and pure bliss instead of going to eternal torment in hell. Jesus loves you so much. Read the Bible and learn more about him. God bless you🙏🏾

[@SaraSara-bc8ts]

😂😂 sending you love. Hope Mark fills your heart ❤️

[@ninilovenana]

Congratulations

[@StanHowse]

Same man, exactly the same. My name is also Charlie. And I too am, dadless.

[@lindavenport9788]

This was absolutely fascinating! It needs to be shown in schools, as fundamental learning !! Thank you, you make it fun.

[@bddollen7384]

-- AAA MEN … !!! COUNTRY SCHOOLS USED TO DO THAT …!

[@paulredinger5830]

Schools not designed to give you knowledge. It’s to make you conform to rules.

[@marybethg4861]

Plant organic.

[@lindavenport9788]

@@marybethg4861 Hi Mary Beth, that's my mantra, & has been for over 30 years🌱

[@tleemf6923]

Agreed

[@hiloviking]

Thanks, you just opened up a whole new gardening dimension to me.

[@tinysanctuaryminimalistlif5186]

Been regrowing my food scraps since 2013. ❤ So fulfilling 😊

[@91splamy]

It’s actually nice to see you not successful with some of the plants, because it shows that things don’t always work out even for a seasoned gardener. I have struggled with thinking I just suck at gardening because my plants died in the past. It’s good to know that it’s not necessarily the case.

[@savage22bolt32]

I actually suck at growing any plant.

[@demonic_myst4503]

Or that some plants dont have that evelution

[@ronv6637]

Growing is Hard, I have been at it simve a child and years to get good soil (fantastic at growing rocks,they come every year) and now good harvests

[@tracybird8668]

@@savage22bolt32 start a compost bin. Anything to put in it will grow. You literally ignore it for weeks at a time. It's great.

[@tracybird8668]

Try korean/ Hawain natural farming.

[@lennieblake3444]

As someone not particularly green fingered, it really helps to watch someone so proficient pondering what occurred, why, and how to move onward. All I have see before are people getting it right all the time and it really puts me off because I know I am not anything like that! Your enthusiasm, humour and willingness to show it all, as it is, is awesome and genuinely inspiring.

[@tanyagarcia3721]

He does put it where the goal would be more more attainable. I had something similar with the guy across the hall from me Werth my keys where I left mine in the lock by accident only it made him feel like he wasn't alone and that everyone does that sometimes

[@HGrrrr]

The funny part that gardeners “always getting it right” is such a fallacy. All gardeners, even pros,, have hiccups and things happen which makes them have to problem solve. It’s what makes gardening fun, yet challenging, and makes you a more patient introspective person. Go for it, mess up, learn, and go for it again.

[@jamescanjuggle]

my first garden was " the fuck it bucket" 😂😅 just threw some seeds in a bucket of soil just to watch what would happen you really do learn a lot and it made me more confident in the garden!

[@HGrrrr]

@@jamescanjuggle I love this idea! 😆 Super great way teach yourself the basics of gardening

[@NsTheName]

Most gardeners are like this guy. That's how you learn! You ask questions, you learn, and you move forward. Sure there are people with green thumbs, but at the end of the day, it's all about experience. My garden this year has been terrible. We've had serious drought and it was way hotter than normal so our crop has been...pretty pathetic, honestly. We're only just barely getting tomatoes and pretty much everything else has died. It's taught me a lot, though. I've got some ideas for next year and will have better planting sites as well. So, moral of the story, don't get discouraged! Success honestly comes through failure and then learning from that and trying again.

[@HD-mg9ru]

You are phenomenal!!!! I can't believe how many celery roots I threw away cause I love celery. Thank you! 🙏❤

[@TheGingerbreadCat]

I love the mixed garden bed idea. I started to plant that way bc I don't have time to actually plan and schedule a garden. So I plant and add wherever there is a bit of space or a free area.

[@jttech44]

So what you're saying is, from one bad potato, I can basically have infinite potatoes. That's awesome.

[@kristinebailey6554]

Yes, but do like farmers do and cut it into small pieces, each with an eye, then the insects don't burrow in to gut the potato.

[@helenamcginty4920]

@@kristinebailey6554 wire worm will eat your potatoes if its on the ground. Some allotment holders used them as a ground cleaning crop on new ground.

[@coppertopvon]

If a potato has a couple "eyes" sprouting just cut around them & plant in dirt you can still eat the rest of that potato... FYI

[@shantinaturechild6385]

@@coppertopvon I was just wondering if a potato that has already driven out and those "sprouts " have been removed can they resprout? I could try if l had enough space. I wanted to eat them but they're all squishy now.

[@coppertopvon]

@@shantinaturechild6385 the removed sprouts will grow into a potato basically. I'm not sure I understand your question...

[@bencowles2105]

The benifits of gardening go far beyond just growing healthy food. It is good exercise. It is also a marvelous method for fighting depression. The fresh air and sunshine not only boost the immune system but also counter depression and stress which can afrect your health. By countering stress and depression gardening helps stabilize your mental wellbeing as well. It can also provide a challenge which will help you with developing coping mechanisms and learning to develope strategy. It also helps develope a sence of value for your work and an better understanding of the world around you.

[@Selfsufficientme]

All true! Cheers :)

[@dothedewinme]

I garden alot too, have a 20x20 plot, and whenever tons of times i dont even have a ton to do necessarily, but it just relaxes me and puts my mind so much at ease. I LOVE it, and I love being able to grow (almost all) the organic pesticide free veggies and greens i use during the year! so many more benefits than just veggies!

[@bencowles2105]

@@dothedewinme that is basically how i got started. I started with a small 20×20 garden space. I used it to help with depression and to grow food for my family. That was ten years ago. Now i am a market gardener growing for farmers markets, restaurants, and a few small stores. My hobby/ therapy turned into a full time job and i love it so much more than my old nine to five job. I have also learned so much not just about gardening but about myself and the world around me. Believe it or not i actually make more money growing food than i did in my old job. Wish i had started doing it thirty years earlier.

[@vickyfarquhar3476]

Ben cowles Wow I feel so encouraged reading your post! I have always wanted to grow my own veg and better still grow enough to sell them in a farmer-type market, pesticide free, earth friendly etc etc. Currently I just do not have enough space to do so. Anyway this year during lockdown I decided just to start anyway, which means repurposing the flower pots for veggies, as we have virtually no garden, and growing from harvested seeds from store bought veg. Lockdown resulted in my having to find a different source of income, so I thought I just somehow have to start doing this. I am in South Africa and everything has become crazy expensive. It is amazing though how when one begins something, things start to seem to come ones way! Anyway, I really just wanted to say your comment just lifted my spirits at a time when it seems impossible to do this. Thank you!

[@miagi84]

@@vickyfarquhar3476 Look into micro greens if you are tight for space. They sell for crazy prices here in the states and can be grown in small growing space. The caveat is some of the seeds can be expensive depending on what you want to grow. There is channels on youtube that dedicated to starting/running your own micro green business and selling to high end restaurants, farmers markets, etc. It's interesting if you are a gardener or wanting to get into the business anyways. Good luck.

[@The_doormat]

I do the same thing, i also regrow bok choy, leeks, lemon grass, garlic, ginger, and recently had success regrowing turmeric from an organic one I had purchased at the supermarket. Thanks for the video 🙏

[@markskipworth7570]

1 word to describe you Mark...... GENUINE ! :) down to earth, caring for others, and REAL, as opposed to all the Lame-Stream Media PROGRAMMED Zombies in the world today. Much Respect.. from Mark from Tasmania, Australia.

[@teresabrewington590]

My husband passed away May 25 2019 . I’m trying to figure out how to grow food for myself. Thank you so much for sharing everything. I’m learning so much .

[@GabuscusBrother]

My condolences to you :( I’m in highschool also learning how to grow food for my family! Glad to know everyone can connect through gardening :)

[@gregre052]

Can't say that my wife passing was a fun thing, or more efficient. Best thing is do what your brain suggested at first. Gives you the practical side and the accumulated experience from your partner. Good Luck

[@cassychillnoreally8482]

I feel this. Xx my husband basically died. Not the same thing. But same grief. You’re not alone xx

[@ord2mia]

I’m so terribly sorry for your loss. Hugs from the U.S

[@matehands7937]

@@cassychillnoreally8482 basically died?

[@KanishQQuotes]

This man is comforting to watch in the garden

[@Babyluthi]

Really is! Such a wonderful de-stressor😊

[@sybur3239]

Hes the Steve Irwin of the plant world.

[@girlinagale]

I did a celery base last year, it grew quite big but was thin leafy stems which had too strong a flavour. I have three carrot bases which sprouted shoots, in a bowl of water on the kitchen windowsill, I'll plant them out when the UK weather gets warmer.

[@mrssousou7785]

I took your advice after watching this video. Now I have a garden filled with garlic, scallions, Pak Choi, Napa Cabbage and potatoes. Growing tomatoes and carrots and cucumbers this weekend. I'm so excited. Gardening is my calling and you're making it so easy and informative. I save all my scraps now to make compost. Pissed I have not been saving it for years, but better late than never. Thanks again!

[@itchyballsack6627]

I've just put a 20 pound note into fresh organic compost. Money tree will be ready in 16 weeks...👍

[@TheUltimateBlooper]

Should have planted a 50 quid note for a better harvest!

[@almamalima1660]

I re plant my potatoes but I don't know how many weeks and month take potatoes to be harvested ? Thanks to letting me knows

[@palipali4264]

You have to water it with greed and tears of despair. it will grow marvelously!!

[@maryyu4010]

If only … 😬

[@sandakureva]

I wasn't even aware you COULD re-grow veggies from scraps of different veggies. Now that I know, I'm gonna try it this spring.

[@nikkit8066]

yup. nature is amazing

[@heatherstevens-messer7682]

I had no idea if you plant 1 potato you could get a bunch!!

[@heatherstevens-messer7682]

@Chucka369 I got some seed potatoes a few weeks ago, and they are actually growing!

[@jesusisking3722]

@@heatherstevens-messer7682 potatos are super reliable.

[@stephenw5647]

Love this pure genius!! Funny I didn’t realize potatoes grew a plant above ground. Thanks for sharing this can’t wait to try it

[@mexicanmomo]

You get so good results because your soil and compost quality is excellent.

[@JerichoJack]

This man has the most gentle demeanor ive seen on this kinda video.

[@sandi9546]

Yes, I like him.

[@Jono4174]

Careful, he eats his friends or family.

[@thomasskokan4644]

@@Jono4174True ... But he plants their scraps & they RE-grow ! ! There was actually an old B & W outer limits / twilight zone 📺 show ( circa 63 ' ish ) about an old lady who could grow anything , & , sure enough , she regrew herself !

[@paddydoyle2148]

i dont know how i came here but i am glad i did thank you

[@neptunian7768]

Upvote for One Piece Jolly Roger!

[@juliaphillips7963]

This is great info. Many people are worried about the GMO companies controlling all the seeds, but what is great about this is we don't need seeds . I love the big bin vs the beds.

[@AaronShenghao]

GMO isn't that scary. Matter of fact, cross breeding is just a natural form of GMO. These scraps he planted are technically GMOs. There can be no fertilizers or too late in season, but GMO and cross breeding is one of the reasons why the plant you got back from panting seeds doesn't seem to match what's sold in supermarkets.

[@curban616]

I have regrown onions several times with great success!! I love your videos!

[@ButterCupMMXXIII]

A local guy had been "offered" early retirement, so he decided to remove his back lawn and plant garlic. Very happily his crop was a success and sells from his front stand or to stores. I think he also grows flowers. 💐 Thanks for the great video!

[@llee8325]

Plus, so much of the store-bought garlic is from China, grown in filth, used this pesticides. Ugh.

[@rarepepecombos8743]

@@llee8325 that's racist and you know it's not true

[@ceeemm1901]

@@rarepepecombos8743 Haha that's so hair trigger. You remind me of the episode of "Seinfeld" where Jerry says "I really like the Chinese" and everyone started calling him a racist just because he'd singled them out. Just about all imported fruit and veggie produce, except organic certified, from China is fumigated and irradiated to kill pathogens and is often sterile GM anyway. Hawaiians invented surfing-"Hey THAT"S RACIST!!!" Hahaha....So Virtuous......

[@carmemories4202]

@@rarepepecombos8743 sorry but mass produced food that leaves china is going to be grown with steroids, antibiotics and Antipesticide. It IS TRUE. You can check out the laws of transporting produce and meat from other countries for one example. The other tool I’d ask you to use is common sense, which most people, including you, don’t seem to have

[@intothekey]

@@rarepepecombos8743 It's not racist you filthy shill. The only racist is you, why do you support the genocide of Weger people? Don't you know they're currently kidnapping children from parents and killing cats on mass due to their corona policy?

[@cyberwaste]

My wife and I have been living in Tokyo for six years, but we're moving back to Australia as soon as it's viable. The first thing I'm going to do is make myself a nice veggie garden. It's quite depressing being in an environment so separated from nature. I can't wait to go home and smell the trees and touch the grass.

[@amandaham7571]

Enjoy the huge spiders is all I can say. Lol

[@haruchai]

@@amandaham7571 Dont worry about them, the snakes take care of them.

[@yw123wallace4]

Me too

[@thelastsoldierofgod3493]

@@haruchai danm two things humans fear alot

[@judyjudd2352]

Go to the wild places, my friend. Not night life wild, mind you. Just get outta the urban and go rural for a day. How refreshing!

[@karenrestingwitchface11]

I planted a pineapple top and now I have 4 and many pups. Awesome use of scraps.

[@Hunne2303]

I think the salad came out four-fold because it was cut. There are other plants that show that behaviour reliably. Cut the top, you get two new tops, at least. But it would never come to mind to just stick in scraps and it all grows back...amazing. Gonna try this with anything I can get my hands on.

[@iliumis]

Wow, Alex Jones became much more relaxed after he started farming. I want to try it myself now.

[@notme5744]

Was just about to comment that this guy is Alex Jones if he'd gone the other way

[@Sentient_Blob]

He’s so soothing

[@Kricket2020]

Hahaha, this is funny.

[@katyungodly]

If Alex Jones was a sane person 😂

[@icummins1806]

He is turning the produce gay..

[@oddviews]

A $100 note went in the ground on Sunday. A look on Monday to see how it was doing and it was missing. Now I realised my neighbour was watching

[@camibabolik6908]

Central MN here, last year we had a beautifully warm growing season and we’re able to second crop our cabbage, just cut first heads and left the roots/plants to grow. Happily we harvested multiple smaller cabbages from those same plants! Thanks for the reminder on celery - think I’ll plant the base of a store bought one now to harvest while the 6-pack starter plants grow over the summer.

[@bethhubbs9937]

That is super cool how you left a cabbage plant in the ground after harvesting a mature head and then the plant pumped out three more heads! Amazing! I think every home gardener should do this. I've never grown cabbage before but I'm ready to give it a try!

[@notmyfault6835]

That soil is magically beautiful

[@LearnToGrow1]

Love regrowing! This year I harvested seeds from these scraps I regrew: carrots, celery, onion, scallion and Bok choy. Congratulations to one million!

[@daniellane753]

Good job.

[@LearnToGrow1]

@@daniellane753 Thank you! 😀

[@tarunmalik301]

Hey just one quick question How healthy is bok choy I mean I recently starting eating it.

[@charlottesmom]

I came here directly from one of your videos! 🌱

[@willowbe4747]

Yahoo, Learn To Grow! I wish there was this success when I tried this. I am a newbie and I'm not giving up. I too will have a harvest!

[@songlyon7795]

The celery leaces are like gold to me for addition to salad and soup. Also if dehydrated they are excellent when used to season savory dishes!

[@LittleBearBBQ_Food_Original]

Love it. Years ago, I chucked a bit of Fennel base into my Lily Bed, thinking that "It's organic, it'll be 'right..." Yeah, I had so much Fennel, it was great!

[@ms.charlie841]

“ and as you can see, it’s hard to see” you are so unintentionally funny 😆 love itttt

[@davidtomes2298]

Yeah, presently I have potatoes, Swiss chard, Kale, 2 types of Basil, Shallots, and Ginger, all grown from kitchen SCRAPS.

[@cindyreinhart9552]

Thank you. Great ways you show us. I appreciate your channel.

[@kingjames4886]

good for YOU I grew all of those things from seed and considering my climate they all did better. edit: cept the ginger and shallots... grew the ginger from a tuber and it didn't do for shit in my climate... grew the shallots from old bulbs from last year people said you can't use and they did fine... onion type things are generally fine but tend to bolt more.

[@vulcanfeline]

swiss chard? do the stems root? i had no idea that would happen

[@tazwowe]

How do you grow basil from scraps??

[@kingjames4886]

@@tazwowe root it

[@leahroberts554]

Mark you are such a national treasure. Absolutely love your videos. You inspire us to give it a go and embrace the results. Love how you understand Aussie issues - cockatoo probably had a feed I get it!

[@MS-60663]

What did you use to protect the lettuce from munching insects? It also appears that potatoes are a life-saving crop, being that they grow so quickly.

[@arescue]

When I was a little girl, one spring my mom bought us a bunch of carrots with the leafy tops still on them. I decided to plant mine in the backyard. To my delight, they grew to be really big, taller than i was at the time. It was hilarious, like Jack and the beanstalk. They weren’t edible. I wish that I had a picture, but back in 1982, the phone didn’t take pictures.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

No, but cameras did lol.

[@catslife5501]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Agreed!!, I grew some in 1949 and my phone would NOT answer when I phoned the plants.

[@jacquesdesardjins6129]

@@catslife5501 how old r u

[@catslife5501]

@@jacquesdesardjins6129 Not that it matters but 78, and you?

[@Sackmatters]

Cats Life Judging from their comment, I’d say they are in the realm of 12-25.

[@ProsciuttinoXL]

I like how he really shows his results, failures and all.

[@janissharkey7174]

I’ve been enjoying my own veggies from regrown grocery produce, thanks to KZbin posters like you. Thanks!

[@bobstirling3294]

Learned alot , i am 82 and it just proves you are never to old to learn..thank you

[@p.w.7051]

Love this kind of stuff. Two years ago I chopped up a couple of imperfect heirloom tomatoes and put them right back into their bed for fertilizer. Converted that bed to flowers and this year got a late season crop of delicious unexpected tomatoes.

[@Alisha.10]

I can’t wait to have my own property so I can grow my own fruit and vegetables 🤩

[@LorettaPowell]

Don't wait, plant in containers.

[@motleydigger]

You can grow in containers or on a small area of yard

[@bbygrl2812]

strawberries are great container plants.

[@coralleemundwiller853]

Do it NOW! I really regret not starting sooner (or putting in better efforts) before now. I'm using raised beds; containers; AND my soil/feed bags. I thought I had a black thumb from the yrs we tried to garden before; but I just wasn't doing it right. Didn't look it up on YT...but do what you can now. You can even use a green light in your home.

[@johnn3542]

I was proud of my "pot" garden, couldn't put in a real garden.

[@harinkamaragoda]

That's the nicest way a gardening youtuber said the kitchen hack gimmicks in glasses and such don't work.. it had me stitches

[@thingamejignobodyknows4346]

A happy gardener is a plentiful gardener 🐓🐶🌱🌼

[@svarghese9424]

Nice to see your video and encouraging people to grow own veg. Am from Dubai, we have hot and humid climate. Hardly any rain. But in a limited space of backyard, developed figs, pomegranate, citrus plants. Tomatoes, lettuces and potatoes was a great inspiring success. Thank you for your contributions in cultivating such interests among people.

[@Meandthethr33]

"Eat this for din dins" Hahaha that tickled me so much

[@palipali4264]

Australians have the funniest language!!

[@dababy7256]

Bruh "tickled" 😂

[@alisonbroomhall2386]

That is why I love being a Aussie 😂

[@charlottedavidson5722]

We say din dins in the UK too 😂 (atleast where I'm from)

[@MrPaultopp]

@@charlottedavidson5722 yep we say this too ……🇬🇧

[@ERSwanger]

I am in the process of regrowing green onions, ginger, turmeric and garlic from scraps. I loved this video! Thank you!

[@Krankie_V]

I had no idea the cut off end of celery could regrow. You're a great gardener!

[@mountainstartemple6041]

I accidentally cut off a finger whilst gardening and just left it there ... in 7 weeks a whole new me sprouted ... this stuff is amazing!

[@sjt4689]

Funnily enough, experiments have been done regarding why some animals can regrow an appendage yet humans don't. Its some fascinating stuff. If scientists can ever get it together and stop behaving like school aged cult members, we may one day be able to regenerate limbs using magnets and crystals. Yes, proven by these studies and experiments, not some airy fairy BS. Read The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundations of Life.

[@thomasskokan4644]

@@sjt4689 " Body Electric " was a good book.Few ppl realize that SCIENTISM is actually a new religion & , as with any ridgid beliefs , stunts the growth of the human soul ....

[@spacewolfcub]

All I see is Deadpool’s tiny regrowing hand... 😳😱

[@lisarochwarg4707]

The power of whiskey.

[@azraphon]

@@sjt4689 Crystals.

[@kristenadams7885]

I have 4 year old Brussels Sprouts growing in my greenhouse here in central North Carolina. I grow potatoes from supermarket waste every year. My biggest issue is tobacco worms (cut worms). This year I lost my two year old carrot plants (they lived in a raised bed out doors) to the cut worms. I also grow vegetables from my composted scraps... the compost bin in the perfect environment for good things to happen. Every year I empty it, and have tomato plants and avocado trees (avocado trees never make it through the winter here, but they are fun to see get tall) come up from the seeds that didn't compost completely away. I also incorporate earthworms into all of my gardening areas. They are the best fertilizer you can have (and they're free). At this very moment, I have a five year old catnip plant (they reseed themselves- do not trim them back no matter how ugly they look... the dry stalks are not dead.. mine grows back from them). I have an 8ft tall supermarket scrap tomato plant, some planters peanuts (don't buy them roasted if you plan on using them in the garden- I grow them for the animals). I have banana trees that I never cut back... they grow right back out of their stalks (even in central North Carolina ). I have had kale, romaine, spinach growing since early January (is late August now) that never died off. I swear by growing your dirt, your food, and staying away from fast food (that crap will kill you). All it takes is time and patience. My neighbor's chickens love my property and come feed on the endless supply of earthworms.

[@diannenaworensky6698]

Great job Kristen 👏

[@kimberluna2226]

Sounds like your living quite the blessed life.

[@Robin-ci2kx]

Sounds like heaven in earth. A healthy soil makes a healthy human.

[@no834]

Damn where can I get some of this patience you speak of?

[@Linkisss]

Sounds like paradise there.

[@TrueMakaveli50]

12:55 you calling that celery heart a kitchen scrap gave me shivers, my grandma would lay into you if she saw you wasting the best part! xD The outer bits aren’t that great, but that white yellow center is the best part for sure. Especially in soups. Obviously it’s not wasted since you grew a whole new plant, but definitely don’t throw that part out otherwise.

[@ZA-Khosseyn]

That was great to watch, your love towards nature is respectable!

[@ofpd9330]

My dogs love tomato's and eat them all the time. Come spring/summer time there's tomato plants growing all around the property!!!

[@moix5799]

😆

[@BRI33NOR]

@@moix5799 Sort of self seeders, ?.

[@coralleemundwiller853]

Dog poop tomatoes? Lol I've got pig poop squash growing wild too. 😂

[@jazandriz]

I can relate to the "a much younger me 5 weeks ago" part. Feels like I've aged years in the last 8 months.

[@ThomasBomb45]

Yeah... what a year huh?

[@margaretharris65]

Well, you have!

[@margaretharris65]

@Joey Mitchell we’ve all aged. FACT

[@jacobbatchelor7877]

​@@margaretharris65 Bird bones are less dense than humans. FACT

[@sangeet9100]

I think he used it to mean that he did something foolish that he realized after 5 weeks

[@nancyhoskins197]

We sincerely appreciate your information! We aren't the best gardeners, but we are always trying to improve! We have regrown greens, onions, garlic and celery. We've prolonged tomatoes and sweet peppers by careful pruning. Potatoes are a success. We haven't had beetles. We dig our red rose potatoes early.We've not had success with carrots or cabbage. We will try again with the cabbages.

[@jenneth6587]

I just planted my dollar bill. Super excited!

[@LokiandBjorn]

The leaves of celery, as well as the ends of many of your veggies will make a GREAT broth - the heads of your carrots too.

[@reneezancewoman]

I enjoy the leaves in my broths and soups too! I never tried them till I was as n adult- I didn't even know the tops were edible, lol. The tops of carrots taste just like the carrots, too.

[@froglobster]

That’s good to know thanks for the tip 🥕🥬

[@KY-dx4rf]

Great guy u are! A mix of Steve Irvin and Russel Crowe, with a green thumb 😀👍

[@electricdreams9446]

Much prefer this guy

[@ben8mag]

My wife and I are starting our first raised garden and gardening in general. We like your videos and you make us laugh while we watch you show us snuff. Thanks for all the time you put into the videos we watch. Cheers from Kentucky home of the Kentucky Derby 🐎

[@poopsifter9022]

In the 1950's my dad took a trip to Kentucky with a friend of the family. They were given some iris rhizomes to take back to northern PA to give to their mothers. I eventually bought "Uncle Al's house" in 1990 and the original Iris plants were still at my house. I stopped by my parents house and my dad ripped out a big pile of those iris plants and left them out in the sun for months. Even though some were dried and dead, most of them were growing. So I grabbed them and started to plant them. Across the street from me is a rail road bed. I terraced out the bank and planted 100 feet of iris. I had so many people drive by and slow down to look at the iris. Some people would pull over with a bag or shovel to take some. One time a lady stopped by with a bag. I went over with a shovel and asked her if she needed it. I told her that I did not own the bank, but had planted the iris so I had something nice to look at instead of weeds. I told her that she could have all she wanted but to leave a few so they will grow back again. So Uncle Al died and his family came up from Kentucky. I told them about the iris plants and the lady that gave the plants to begin with lost he flower bed, So her and some others stopped by and took some of the plants back home. So it was a good way to remember Uncle Al. I also planted iris at his grave. Cheers back to Kentucky from Pennsylvania.

[@ben8mag]

@@poopsifter9022 wow! What a wonderful story. ♥️

[@darknightofthesoul7628]

Very worthwhile video, thank you. If ever we do end up with the unthinkable (which we think about all the time...), it is valuable to know what we have can be used to give us more produce, instead of waste.

[@tobiastho9639]

People from the past: "Someday we'll have time machines!" - What we actually got are these nicely cut videos, jumping through time. Awesome work!

[@salvadorhenriquez4091]

Yeah it's the closest thing yo time travelling we could get

[@eeds9714]

every time i have a REALLY good organic tomato, I plant some of the seeds and they almost always sprout! I just recently had a ton of wonderful tomatoes from my plant i grew that way!

[@eeds9714]

@@bnice2all www.growveg.com/guides/top-3-reasons-why-your-tomatoes-are-not-setting-fruit/ you could check this article out on why you might not have gotten fruit, that is a bummer you didn't get any tomatoes. good luck!!

[@Lolabelle59]

Really enjoyed this and learned a lot. I don't know anything about gardening and didn't realize you could regrow such wonderful produce this way. New to your channel and will be definitely looking at and forward to more videos.

[@neilwilliams2172]

Jolly good show mate! I will definitely try this at home. Thank you so much for a valuable video. Keep up the good work. Kudos

[@chadatchison145]

I must say, you're holding up really well cos your five week ago self looks scarcely different than you do now.

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thanks but I think you're being overly kind as I feel much older and I suspect I look it too...lol Cheers :)

[@strangechild1926]

I like that you eat right from the garden. I grew up being able to do such. It’s been very important to me to show my children where food really comes from.

[@maryann6800]

I threw half of a watermelon into my compost bin about 2 weeks ago, had some rain off and on since then, and now have watermelon sprouts growing in my compost! Great video!

[@Warhawk76]

So cool, I had no idea you could replant scraps. Thanks for sharing!

[@Julie-mq4nh]

I do this with everything I can sometimes successful sometimes not, enjoy seeing what grows.

[@JulieQHHT]

Myself as well 😊

[@frikandelspeciaal1431]

Yes me too👌🏻

[@CaffHCloudlow]

And you learn every time

[@skippy5506]

Me too, I even save all the bits of potato skin I think might still chit, some work some don’t but I always have more harvest because I do it, last year I regrew carrot tops and some other stuff for seed, had tonnes of success 😁

[@Julie-mq4nh]

Oh I will try the potato skins👍

[@Mattthewanderer]

Thanks for showing me how to reclaim some of my kitchen waste! This is a happy moment.

[@Juliana65]

I have replanted the bottom of celery and have regrown entire celery plants. Same with bok choy. I call them two-fer veggies. Great fun!!

[@nicoletorcolini5316]

I live in the Bay Area in California. In early December, I planted a couple of pounds of purple potatoes that had sprouted. Today, I Harvested and got 72 potatoes.

[@epicgardening]

MARK! YOU'RE SO CLOSE TO 1 MILLION MATE! CANNOT BE MORE PROUD...E P I C

[@Selfsufficientme]

You're a champion Kevin and I appreciate your help to get me there mate! Cheers :)

[@djnamsydsyd]

Love both your channels! Keep up the awesome content fellas :)

[@adamwest1138]

I'm emotionally invested in this. I only logged in to watch this again to check!

[@vickyfarquhar3476]

Adam West yes it's crazy 😂 I keep having a peek to see, and it's at 999! I'm sure in a couple of days it will be a million but will probably pop in a couple of times before that to check anyway!

[@vickyfarquhar3476]

Epic Gardening Your channel is getting there too! I love your channel as well and have no doubt you'll soon be at a million

[@Jesse-B]

Mate you won me when you said "tastes like celery to me", crackup.

[@pigknickers2975]

LOl, that got me too!

[@criii4950]

7:10 that’s so sweet.. it’s like you plant one potato, the Beatles take one, and you get 9 for the homestead

[@jerrybell3773]

Mustard plants are not just for the flowers. Replant the roots like you did with the cabbage. Harvest the bigger leaves and leave a few leaves to continue growing leaves to eat. Mustard leave soup is great.