An Unexpected Guest

As I cleaned my kitchen after my two month sabbatical from the states, I discovered something slightly gross: I had left an unused ginger root sitting in a bag on my counter all summer. I picked it up gingerly (pun intended) and planned to drop it into the garbage, but then I noticed that a small green shoot was growing out of the root. Further inspection revealed that a little root system had sprouted off the side of the tuber. I broke off the large piece of root and threw that away as planned, but then I went outside and planted this little hero in my herb garden

Three weeks later it has grown some wee leaves another shoot. Isn't it beautiful?