Test Kitchen Tuesday

Healthy Eating and Healthy Living for a Happy Life!
  • Home
  • My Favorite Things
  • Ninja Blender Recipes
  • Recipe Directory
  • Recipe Reviews
  • Product Reviews
  • Tips, Tricks, and Misc.

Vitamins for your Plants!

Angela | February 7, 2011

I could have also titled this post “Waste Water Treatment Plant.” While I amused myself with the clever double meaning, I was pretty sure no one would read a post with such a title.

Moving on.

Today, I have the ultimate in eco-friendly plant fertilization tips, and it involves leftover products from veggie cooking. Sort of a “full-circle” kind of thing.

In Seattle, we have this crazy gardener called Cisco Morris who has his own gardening show on a local NBC affiliate called “Gardening with Cisco.” Cisco is pretty zany, but he knows oodles and oodles about plants.

One day, I happened to catch a snippet of his show where he talked about saving the water that is leftover after you cook veggies and pouring it on your landscaping or house plants (once it has cooled of course. Hot water kills plants. And weeds, FYI.)

I have sort of haphazardly been using this tip ever since. Haphazardly is the key word to be noted, but that is also how I know that his tip works well!

While I am very industrious in many ways, and manage to fill up my days with all kinds of projects, workouts, and reading, I am also a little lazy. Remember that post about balance? Yeah. That’s what we’ll call it. When I pour the “veggie water,” I pretty much only pour it in the same place. This has produced interesting results!

When we moved into our house, the landscaping was over-run and I pulled most of it out, much to the neighbors’ confusion. Don’t worry, I re-planted quickly, much to their satisfaction. Anyway, in this particular spot, I planted some Otto Luyken laurels. They were all the same size (small) two summers ago, and they have all grown. But, the one closest to the front door is almost twice the size of all the others. Why? The veggie water! In my laziness, I pretty much always dump the water on the first plant nearest to the door.

DSC_0031

If you’re wondering why one window has the shades drawn, that is where Pipa sits to guard the house and greet visitors. There is a window bench in the room behind the window, and she truly becomes the “how much is that doggy in the window” dog.

So, next time you have some water leftover in a pot from steaming or boiling veggies, let it cool and pour it on your plants or landscaping. Just don’t be lazy like me – spread it around!




Share this:


Categories
Tips
Tags
Watering Plants; Green Fertilizer
Comments rss
Comments rss
Trackback
Trackback

« Weekly Roundup: 2.5.11 A Spin on the Scramble »

Leave a Reply

Click here to cancel reply.

Want to Help Support the Site?

Simply buy your kitchen items (or anything) via this button at Amazon. There is no cost to you and I get a small fraction for referring you. Thanks for stopping by!

Featured In…

Plated | The Dish - The 10 Ultimate Cooking Hacks (#7)

The New York Times - What We're Reading

eHow - How to Make Brown Rice Flour

Greatest - 50 Creative Ways to Eat More Quinoa (#6, Cranberry Quinoa Muffins)

Ninja Blender Questions?

Start here!

Search

Most Popular Posts

Ninja Mega Kitchen System Review

Ninja Blender Review

Ninja Pulse Review

How to Make Juice with the Ninja Blender. Part 1

How to Make Juice with the Ninja Blender. Part 2

How to Make Juice with the Ninja Blender. Part 3 - A Summary

How to Make Peanut Butter in 3 Minutes

Banana Cream Pie Blender Ice Cream

Got {Almond} Milk?

Blueberry Pie Energy Bars

Making Apple Juice with a Ninja Blender






rss Comments rss valid xhtml 1.1 design by jide powered by Wordpress get firefox
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.