‘Garbage gardening’’ is an easy and inexpensive way to grow flowers and edibles using kitchen scraps — the pits, seeds and roots that otherwise would be headed to a landfill. It’s a fun way to recycle. Educational for the kids, too. ‘‘Almost every unprocessed fruit or vegetable can be grown into a decorative houseplant,’’ said Deborah Peterson, coauthor of ‘‘Don’t Throw It, Grow It.” ‘‘Some are perennials, others are annuals or biennials,’’ Peterson said. ‘‘You…
With ‘garbage gardening,’ recycling kitchen scraps into plants
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