[Garden] Parsley lore

[Madeline Rosamond]

I seem to remember seeing parsley seeds in Candace's community seed basket,
so we can always replant, too.

On 6/4/07, Rachel McQuail <rachelmq at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all, this is likely a bit late but I believe you can cut the parsley
> plants off about an inch and a half above the ground and they may regrow.
> Pinching the flowers doesn't hold them unfortunately, the plants just get
> more spindly as they try to put up new flower stalks...
>
> Parsley can also be dried for use later in soups and salads (just put in a
> warm, dry, dark place -I've been told if you have a car you can put things
> on trays with a towel over them and they'll dry incredibly quickly -
> although I imagine your car will also then smell like whatever you dried
> in
> it as well, so you may want to crack the windows...)
>
> Rachel
> p.s. sorry my schedule has meant that I haven't been around on a wed or
> sun
> lately and that looks like it'll be the case for another week or so...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:
> garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
> On Behalf Of gcmichal
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:22 PM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: Re: [Garden] Parsley lore
>
> Re skin colour changes.  My good Aunt Olga consumed truly massive
> amounts of parsley and carrot juice in her "tiger shakes".  She would
> go through bushels of it. Both are rich in beta-carotene, which can
> be toxic in very high amounts.  She took her stroke-ridden husband to
> the Mayo Clinic and had their most expensive and thorough tests and
> examinations herself.  When they told her the results the clinic
> director said "We seldom see someone your age in such good health.
> Everything is in order.  the only thing that puzzles us is your skin
> is so yellow."  She lived to 95.  Tiger shakes had lecithin, soya
> powder, masses of parsley and carrot, various ground up vitamin and
> mineral pills, and tasted quite gruesome until you added banana and
> honey to it.  She stopped eating potatoes at about age 30 when she
> latched onto Dr. Roger's diet - an early follower of Scientology or
> dianetics, I think.
> - Greg Michalenko
> On May 30, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Taarini Chopra wrote:
>
> >
> > 'parsley pesto' freezes well and can be thawed and put
> > in anything you would add fresh parsley to...
> >
> > and, as far as i know, it doesnt cause any skin colour
> > changes or other side effects.
> >
> > taarini
> >
> > --- gcmichal <gcmichal at fesmail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> The plant is going to seed before packing up the
> >> second and last year
> >> of its life, just like the pretty kale down the
> >> garden path.  I don't
> >> think much will come back at this stage, although
> >> the growth of last
> >> glory is certainly impressive.  Try some other
> >> things - an Indian
> >> salsa of finely chopped parsley, mint, lime juice
> >> and tabasco, or
> >> make lots of tomato sauce for pasta.  Or blend it up
> >> with all sorts
> >> of health foodie greens and give yourself a tonic.
> >> My beloved old
> >> aunt "Carrot Juice" Olga Figol used to drink so much
> >> of the stuff
> >> that she turned yellow.
> >>
> >> I'm away in the Magdalen Islands and Nova scotia for
> >> two weeks. I put
> >> up 3 tomato trusses - thought I had several more but
> >> I guess they
> >> were never returned by the person I lent them to
> >> last year (not this
> >> garden).
> >>
> >> - Greg Michalenko
> >> On May 30, 2007, at 10:24 AM, J. Rochon wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello Gardeners,
> >>>                            Our parsley is about to
> >> bolt in the
> >>> heat, and
> >>> I can only eat so much tabouli. Does anyone know
> >> if parsley is a
> >>> cut an
> >>> come back herb? I'd like to harvest a large amount
> >> before the plant
> >>> starts to bolt, but don't want to deprive anyone
> >> else of unlimited
> >>> garnishes :)
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