One cold, wet evening, when the compost bucket was full to overflowing, the kitchen gardener had had enough of the garden filling up the kitchen and just wanted somewhere to throw the remains of a lovely celery given to her by a friend earlier in the week. It was a big lump of a thing, with roots attached from which all the edible bits had been removed and put in the fridge. I walked out onto the verandah and dropped it over into the dark soil behind a row of plectranthus. Done..........
This afternoon, several weeks later, I took my coffee out onto said verandah and, standing there marvelling at the lovely, sunny day, I spied a clump of green just over the edge. I abandoned my coffee and, with a quiet 'bloody hell what's that' type of exclamation I discovered that the celery had grown leaves, where once there were none ! I leapt down the steps, pushed aside the plectranthus and delved in and sure enough, the roots were lying there on the surface but masses of tiny hair roots had snuggled down into the moist soil. In the complete shade the brilliant green of the leaves and stems had, amazingly, flourished. So I transplanted it to the veg garden where I took this photo. Now I have perpetual celery; I wonder how long I can keep this one plant going. 
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Great photo . When we walk the dogs its great to see everyone gardens coming back to life after the dry summer . Not rock on but rain on as Madge would say.
Perrenial Celery? That's great. I always plant the roots of scallions if I buy them and they grow more scallions for free. I wonder if you can do the same with leeks?
Yes, leeks work well. I once planted some leeks in the flower garden and when it came time to harvest them I just cut them off below the ground so as not to disturb the flowering plants. Now I have perpetual leeks too but they have never been as thick-stemmed.
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