When is garbage not garbage? Why, when you look at it with a gardener’s eye. Those seeds and pits that you usually throw away? You can turn them into fruitful houseplants.

Take a mango, for example. In the center of the mango, there is a large, hairy husk with a pit in it. To prepare it for planting, scrape off the excess flesh from the husk. Wait a second! Let’s back up. First you EAT the mango, THEN you scrape off the excess fruit.

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