the lockdown may have caused disruption in food supply chain but for a lucky few things have not turned topsyturvy in the kitchen yet reason they grow everything they consume with people becoming more careful about storing and rationing food items online deliveries taking longer than usual and prices soaring kitchen gardens seem to be back in vogue fast growing items are need of the hour and you can certainly save more if you put your balcony or windowsills to best use heres howgrow from scraps 75356941ginger do you have some unused ginger lying around in your fridge break a small portion and put it in the soil water regularly and keep the pot on a windowsill for it to get enough sunlight just make sure the buds are facing up you will notice new shoots and new roots in about a week or so once that happens you can pull it up and use it againgarlic it is really easy to grow and can be done from just a few cloves plant some cloves in the soil with the roots facing down garlic needs plenty of direct sunlight so keep it in the sun all day once you notice new shoots appearing cut them and your plant will produce a bulb you can use the shoots in your soup to add extra flavourcoriander when you buy a bunch of coriander from the market it usually comes with roots just cut the leaves leaving an inch of stem and the roots dip the roots in a glass of water and place it near a windowsill when the roots grow a couple of inches long you can transplant it into a pot and witness new sprigs appear in no timemint you can grow mint either in a pot or in a glass of water growing mint in water is much easier you need to take cuttings of about four to five inches in length from a fresh mint plant tear the leaves near the bottom and place the cuttings in a glass of water place the glass on a sunny window make sure it gets four to six hours of sunlight every daycarrot the greenish base of the carrot is loaded with nutrients do not throw it away you can save those and regrow greens from them so next time you chop carrots leave about an inch from the top place them in a shallow container and add water put the container in a sunny spot after a week you should see some beautiful carrot greens that you can use in your salad lettuce do not throw those leftover leaves place them in a bowl with just a bit of water at the bottom keep the bowl somewhere that gets proper sunlight spray water on the leaves a couple of times every week after three or four days you will notice roots appearing along with new leaves when that happens you can either transplant the lettuce in a pot or let