Another gardening win

Last spring I experimented with growing ginger.  Once again I had a hunk of ginger that was starting to sprout - so I placed it in a moist environment and then, later, planted it.  It was not an attractive plant- splindly, ragged-  until summer came and I moved it outside where it received much more light.  Over the course of the winter, once again in our dim house, the stems dried up, the leaves fell off, the plants died.  Last week I took the pot out to the flower bed, turned it upside down, and removed the soil and roots solid.  Washing, scraping with my finer, rinsing, soaking. My harvest, above.  It is nothing if not horrific.  I'm waiting for it to skitter away into a dark corner.  Anyone hungry?