Compost is for Weenies

You know how sometimes you lose track of your fruits and vegetables, only to find them in the dark corner of the crisper three months later, now with a gelatinous consistency and the pungent odor of death?

Fear no more. You can resurrect any seed or bulb-bearing food with some soil, water, and a little know-how.

Take this, for example. A nine week old onion, discovered in the potato cupboard, has been converted into a daring centerpiece:


(Sidenote: Do you like my new bonsai tree?)

Or perhaps my all time favorite, my amazing avocado tree, which is now growing bark.







It's so easy. The secret is rotting organic matter. Don't be afraid of it, and don't chuck it off your apartment balcony into the parking lot below!