Grow 'lil celery

So I'd read the other day that if you save the bottom (the whorl where the stalks come from) of celery stalks, you can replant them to grow a new plant.  I decided to try it out and see...

Cut and put in warm water.

I cut the whorl off and put it in a saucer of water.  I think I kept it in the house for a good week, before I put it out in the garden.

Here he is after 3 days in the soil.

I hope that we do have some success with this, because we do eat a lot of celery.