Growing an avocado plant from food scraps is one of the most fun and beautiful ways to transform your waste. Here’s your essential guide to growing your own avocado plant in a few simple steps.

Ginger is one of the most delicious spices on the earth. It is loaded with nutrients and bioactive compounds that have powerful benefits for your body and brain. It has been used to help digestion, reduce nausea and help fight the common cold. Ginger is also known to deter insects making them a great addition to your windowsill. Better yet, supermarket bought ginger is easy to grow! Here is how you can grow ginger and keep pesky pests away.

Coriander is a delicious herb to eat but a fickle plant to grow. Coriander can be grown outside in a garden or indoors in containers.

While you can’t regrow a whole carrot from your discarded carrot tops, you can regrow the tender and succulent green carrot tops, which can make a cracking pesto!

To grow sweet potatoes we first have to nurture ‘slips’ from our kitchen leftovers. Slips are small sprouts that are grown from pre-existing sweet potato plants.