Celery makes a tasty house plant.

   With the nights getting colder I figured it was a good day to bring in the last celery plant. The rest of the celery and celeriac went in to the root cellar last week.

   Last year I had celery that we bought at a fall farmers market that had a bit of root on it and after we had eaten all but the few core ribs, I felt sorry for it and put it in a glass of water on a window sill in the kitchen. It rooted out in a week or so and I planted it in a pot. It thrived and we had fresh celery all winter. The leaves really are great and seldom found on celery you buy.

  
  So this year I thought it would be fun to try it with a big healthy plant from the garden. They have quite an interesting root system, fat roots almost like tubers.

   I will give it a good bit of a trim in the next few weeks to promote more new leaves. It is quite handsome sitting on my planting bench.