But, flu!
Common cold!
Message from Agnes the pedantic.
Dry beans from the grocery store can PROBABLY be used to plant. Test 10 or so on a damp paper towel in a ziploc bag somewhere ‘bright’ but not in direct sun.
Ditto limas, blackeyed peas and dry soup mix (the split peas obviously won’t sprout and you’ll probably be better off if you sort the varieties in the bag before you plant them).
Sweet potatoes, garlic, ginger, turmeric from the store can be planted/slipped. Instructions on the net.
Ripe winter squash (spaghetti squash, butternuts, pumpkins) more than likely have viable seeds. Even IF they were hybrids you’ll still get winter squash. Ditto RIPE peppers (the red, orange or yellow ones), tomatoes (the campari ones I know will come true from seed).
Popcorn (the stuff in the big bags, not the stuff in the microwaveable pouches (although that might too)) will probably sprout. Test to see. Lots of instructions on how to grow corn/popcorn on the net.
This is the summer I’m going to plant chia seeds (from the bag of them from NOW) to see if that will work. Ch Ch Ch Chia.
Some lettuce, celery, etc can be rooted. You don’t necessarily want to eat this but if it goes to seed you can plant the seeds this fall (for the lettuce)
Lots and lots of links/videos on ‘grocery store gardening’ out there.
If you don’t have a way to till and don’t have any raised beds look up ‘lasagna gardening’. We do this.
I plant my ginger in 2L drink bottles, minus top portion, we’ve scavenged from others.
I seldom use ‘potting soil’. Usually the bags of topsoil from Lowes and add my own amendments. We’re going to get a truck load of dirt this afternoon from a local guy. We’re tearing down our 3 row cinderblock raised beds and making more 2 row ones.
If you plant a garden you wouldn’t normally plant and all this blows over by June, you’ll have ‘free’ food this summer. Yay. If not, you’ll have fresh! food this summer and fall. Yay.