This week the Hive Garden Question of the Week is all about easy grows, so if you're new to gardening, listen up. I'm a huge believer in everyone growing food, even if it's something on your windowsill, and I think this is a great crop to start with. It's foolproof and uses supermarket scraps.

This is the one 'scrap' crop I absolutely grow, all the time. I hate growing spring onions from seed - they take forever to plant (all those tiny seedlings) and even longer to grow. These, however, grow super fast.

Just snip of the ends and plant - that's it. You can even leave them in a glass of water on the windowsill and they'll grow. Don't forget to change the water though or it'll start to stink.

It also means that if you're harvesting them, just harvest the leaves, letting them grow back again (until they end up going to seed).

Sure, it might be cheaper growing by seed, but for $2 for spring onions, and getting a whole other secondary crop from them, that's not too bad. I often get bunches from the food co-ope (where supermarket waste goes to - an amazing charity) so it's super effective for me.

Whilst I don't have a big garden in the new place, I've put spring onions in already - some in the herb garden, and some in a big black pot. It makes me feel as if I'm at least growing something.

Some other 'easy' tips:

• Let your vegetables go to seed. You may get self seeded plants the following year - for free!
• Plant a whole bulb of garlic and use the shoots as 'cut and come again' garlic chives.
• Soil health is everything - when you pull up crops, snip them off at the base and leave the roots to rot in the soil, adding nutrition.
• Add more greens to your diet by snipping of the occasional beetroot leaf as your beets are growing. Yum! You can also add broccoli leaves and cabbage leaves as greens as well.

I'm at the point in my gardening journey where I find most of it 'easy', so it's all relative. I'd love to know some of your gardening tips though for easy crops!

With Love,

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