If you're familiar with the phrase "waste not, want not" and want to apply it to your kitchen and garden, here's a way to avoid wasting the base of your celery.

Rhubarb is a perennial plant that comes up every year. It’s valued for its tart, fleshy stalks. Unlike celery, rhubarb leaves ...

It has a long fridge life compared to other leafy vegetables, meaning less waste, and its entire plant is edible - stalks, leaves and even seeds. Celery seeds, which have a strong, slightly bitter ...

For perfect plants with lots of well-branched sticks, plant celery seedlings (there are lots of suppliers) about 27cm apart ensuring the crown of the plant is at ground level. Plants will grow ...