Having a frugal mindset isn’t just about clipping coupons or shopping sales, it’s about looking at the world a different way.
When you find this in your bag of onions what do you think?
“Dang, I better throw that out”
“Hmm, maybe I can still save some of the onion. . . ”
“Ohhh, now I can cut the leaves and use them like green onion!”
“Great! Now I can cut the top off and plant it to grow more onion greens, I’ll save what I can of the onion itself and compost the rest.”
Guess which frugal option I’m choosing. . .
I would use what I could, the rest would go into my soup pile, except for any mildewy parts……I don’t have a composting pile as of yet. I think after my family moves (hopefully in March) it will be an option to explore along with a fullscale garden…
Yes, I would cut the top and use the greens and salvage as much of the onion as possible. I do believe I have a frugal mindset! Great post more like this would be awesome.
So glad you enjoy it Nancy!
I didnt know you could cut the top off and plant it! 😉 I usually eat what we can and toss the rest. No composting here. Yet.
At my current stage, I’d salvage what I could for eating or creative uses (such as using the skin as yellow dye). I aspire to make progress toward becoming the person with the fourth answer.
Salvage what you can & compost the rest or plant the whole thing — cutting the bulb top off for planting is just a labor-intensive form of composting. The crucial part of the plant is that bit of denser material down near the roots on the bulb, the rest is just yummy stem & leaves.
Have your ever found an old bunch of green onions in the fridge, too far gone to even consider eating? Unless they’re completely mush, you can plant them in your garden or window box and 90% of them will resume growing. Since they’re a variety selected for their tops, they’ll never grow a decent bulb, but your investment in green onions is recovered.
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Adjective conjugation: I’m penny-wise; you’re cheap; (s)he’s stingy!
I would guess you are using the last option. I have some sprouting garlic I need to plant:)