If you’re not an experienced gardener, parsley is a great herb to start your herb garden with.

What’s So Great About Parsley?

1. You Can’t Kill It.

Especially if you actually WANT to.

2. If you do kill it, it’ll come back somewhere, sometime.

I lost my entire parsley crop in a severe heat wave one time and yet some weeks later, new shoots of parsley appeared in the pot. I was stunned. If you allow some of your plants to go to seed then you’ll get new parsley plants coming up.

3. A little bit goes a long way.

For most dishes, I don’t need huge amounts of parsley. Once cut up, it’s amazing how far a small amount of parsley can go, either as a garnish or to flavour dishes.

4. It’ll grow faster than you can eat it.

Once established, I find parsley will grow quicker than we can consume it. Of course, if you have a larger farmily and use quite a bit of it, a couple of plants is recommended.

5. It’s the kind of herb that goes with EVERYTHING!!!

Okay, I’ve never tried it with ice cream but it goes with most things.

6. Even fussy, “plain” eaters will tolerate at least a little parsley in dishes.

It’s flavour isn’t hugely over-powering. My children can be a bit fussy at times but will tolerate parsley in most dishes.

7. It has a decent amount of iron in it.

(and won’t clog up your back end like those nasty iron tablets do)

8. Parsley is high in antioxidants

Flavonoids in parsley combine with oxygen radicals which helps to prevent oxygen-based damage to cells.

9. Cleanse Your Palate

In addition to it’s many health benefits, parsley has been known to cleanse the palate and reduce strong food odors in the breath.

Coming Up: Tips For Growing Parsley in Your Herb Garden

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A potted herb garden is the perfect way to grow herbs.  You can move your herb garden around and even place it indoors during inclement weather conditions. Pots can be placed closer to the kitchen (as close as in the kitchen window if you like) and a pot will also contain the herb (some herbs are great at taking over the entire garden bed if you let them).

It’s also a great way to make use of space in a variety of places that a regular garden bed may not be possible.

Herbs that do well in pots include basil, sage, dill, mint and lavendar.� I also prefer to grow parsley in a pot.

As with any gardening done in pots, the most important 2 factors are:

1.� Good quality potting soil

2.� Keep the soil moist (it doesn’t have the same ability to cope with dry conditions that a regular garden bed has).

There is nothing more satisfying than adding your own freshly grown herbs to your cooking!

Why not start your own potted herb garden today?

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