Comments on: Start Your Herb Garden With Parsley http://herbgarden.topicster.com/herb-garden/start-your-herb-garden-with-parsley Everything for your Herb Garden Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:29:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: river http://herbgarden.topicster.com/herb-garden/start-your-herb-garden-with-parsley#comment-17 river Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:25:51 +0000 http://herbgarden.topicster.com/?p=10#comment-17 Jeanie-let a couple of the plants flower and set seed, you'll have much more than you need. Jeanie-let a couple of the plants flower and set seed, you’ll have much more than you need.

]]> By: admin http://herbgarden.topicster.com/herb-garden/start-your-herb-garden-with-parsley#comment-15 admin Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:54:30 +0000 http://herbgarden.topicster.com/?p=10#comment-15 River - thanks for adding your experience. Jeanie - ROFLOL. Oh dear!!! River - thanks for adding your experience.

Jeanie - ROFLOL. Oh dear!!!

]]> By: jeanie http://herbgarden.topicster.com/herb-garden/start-your-herb-garden-with-parsley#comment-14 jeanie Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:32:48 +0000 http://herbgarden.topicster.com/?p=10#comment-14 Word to the wise - combine an unsupervised 7 year old, a packet of parsley seeds and a small patch of dirt and you will get a large crop of parsley - but no seeds to contempate another crop! Word to the wise - combine an unsupervised 7 year old, a packet of parsley seeds and a small patch of dirt and you will get a large crop of parsley - but no seeds to contempate another crop!

]]> By: river http://herbgarden.topicster.com/herb-garden/start-your-herb-garden-with-parsley#comment-12 river Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:20:50 +0000 http://herbgarden.topicster.com/?p=10#comment-12 P.S. Don't let ALL the plants go to seed, you'll have far too much. For some of them, cut out the flower stem before it gets too big, definitely before it forms the flower head, and cut all the parsley for drying and storing, in case you lose the lot in another heatwave. P.S. Don’t let ALL the plants go to seed, you’ll have far too much. For some of them, cut out the flower stem before it gets too big, definitely before it forms the flower head, and cut all the parsley for drying and storing, in case you lose the lot in another heatwave.

]]> By: river http://herbgarden.topicster.com/herb-garden/start-your-herb-garden-with-parsley#comment-11 river Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:17:40 +0000 http://herbgarden.topicster.com/?p=10#comment-11 Parsley plants go to seed in their second year, so plant some when the first plants are one year old, then you can pick and use it while the first lot goes to seed. Learn to recognise the flower stem which grows up through the middle of the plant (it's much thicker, so fairly easy to spot),let it flower to bring the bees, then as the flower heads die and brown off cut them and store in a paper bag to finish drying completely. When dry crumble the heads into a large bowl, scatter it in the place where you want to grow more parsley. If you've planted 3 successive seasons of parsley, and collected seed from each and replanted, you'll never run out of parsley again. Parsley plants go to seed in their second year, so plant some when the first plants are one year old, then you can pick and use it while the first lot goes to seed. Learn to recognise the flower stem which grows up through the middle of the plant (it’s much thicker, so fairly easy to spot),let it flower to bring the bees, then as the flower heads die and brown off cut them and store in a paper bag to finish drying completely. When dry crumble the heads into a large bowl, scatter it in the place where you want to grow more parsley. If you’ve planted 3 successive seasons of parsley, and collected seed from each and replanted, you’ll never run out of parsley again.

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