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Helen 801 1370 Burnaby	RE: Mary Evelyn's Koffee Klatch 2/21/2013 10:33:18 AM
	Hello Evelyn, Myrna and all I have another contribution to make but this time I will try to behave myself. I really liked your post about lettuce, Evelyn, and it brought to mind a few thoughts I have been having about parsely lately. A few weeks ago, I bought some dried parsley from the Dollar Store. For $1.00, I got 1/3 of an ounce. That works out to $48 for one pound of dried parsley. It got me to thinking that I should grow some parsley in my kitchen and then I would have fresh parsley all the time. It is packed with nutrients, I was thinking. So far, I only got to the 'thinking' part. I used to grow parsley in my organic garden and what I liked about it was that I could go out with a scissors and cut off bunches ...and it would just keep growing back each time I cut it. I did the same with celery leaves because growing stalks of celery didn't work too well for me here in the Pacific Northwest. The slugs would feast on my celery stalks but they left the leaves alone. I tried it with dill, too, but it wouldn't grow back. I figure if I grew even just a small flower pot full of parsley, it would save me a lot of dollars. The difference between lettuce growing in water is that parsley would have to be grown in soil. You have to keep cutting it off because you don't want it to grow too much bigger than about 3 or 4 inches tall. You might have more than you can use at any given time. In that case, you can dry it. To do that, cut off a bunch and using a scissor or a knife, cut it into tiny pieces and spread these pieces on paper ...like between a couple pages of newspapers or brown paper or other paper. Then cover it with more paper ...not too much. You don't want it too heavy because the leaves might mold before they have a chance to dry. Also don't make the layer of cut leaves too thick or high. It will mold if it is bunched together too heavily. Some people simple cut off a bunch of parsley and tie a string around the stems and hang it uppside down in a closed paper bag. I tried that and the parsley lost most of its color. I prefer the results when I cut the fresh parsley into little pieces. The parsley stays a really nice green color and it is cut in a size ready to use. Experiment and see what works best for you. By the way, I have never grown parsley in the house, so if you do that, let me know how that worked out for you. I think it should work fine. Have a great day! Helen PS ...I had an article about the goodness in parsley. When I find it, I will post it, too. Quote: I bet a lot of you throw out the stump at the end of the lettuce when you are done. Until recently, so did I! Then I came across this really interesting post on...line about regrowing from the remaining hunk. It is simple: Save the end from your lettuce and put into a little water (about a half inch). Change out the water every day. The lettuce will grow back incredibly quick too. The one on the left i cut today. The middle one yesterday and the one on the right, the day before. You can see how much it grows in just two days!! But don't feel limited to romaine. This technique can also be used with green onions and celery
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Lydia 1456 2042 Rzhavk...	RE: Mary Evelyn's Koffee Klatch 2/21/2013 11:24:42 AM
	Hi, gardeners! Here is a method of growing seedlings: Quote: Why didn't i think of this! With Organic you would always have organic. Cool Quote: I bet a lot of you throw out the stump at the end of the lettuce when you are done. Until recently, so did I! Then I came across this really interesting post on...line about regrowing from the remaining hunk. It is simple: Save the end from your lettuce and put into a little water (about a half inch). Change out the water every day. The lettuce will grow back incredibly quick too. The one on the left i cut today. The middle one yesterday and the one on the right, the day before. You can see how much it grows in just two days!! But don't feel limited to romaine. This technique can also be used with green onions and celery

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Helen 801 1370 Burnaby	RE: Mary Evelyn's Koffee Klatch 2/21/2013 11:50:23 AM
	Hi Lydia What an great idea!! I'm going to steal it and send it to my email list ...along with Evelyn's idea. When you transplant the seedlings, you can just crush the egg shells and leave them in the garden. What a great idea!! Helen Quote: Hi, gardeners! Here is a method of growing seedlings: Quote: Why didn't i think of this! With Organic you would always have organic. Cool Quote: I bet a lot of you throw out the stump at the end of the lettuce when you are done. Until recently, so did I! Then I came across this really interesting post on...line about regrowing from the remaining hunk. It is simple: Save the end from your lettuce and put into a little water (about a half inch). Change out the water every day. The lettuce will grow back incredibly quick too. The one on the left i cut today. The middle one yesterday and the one on the right, the day before. You can see how much it grows in just two days!! But don't feel limited to romaine. This technique can also be used with green onions and celery
	Spend $4 and get back $10 every time you spend. Contact me (Helen) at this email »»» zhebee@yahoo.com
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Myrna 6311 16559 Waynes...	RE: Mary Evelyn's Koffee Klatch 2/21/2013 3:00:07 PM
	Hi Evelyn and friends, Love the egg shell for seedlings. I will do that this year. Thanks Lydia, you always have the coolest ideas. Helen I grow my parsley. I never dry it, I just cut it from the plant, wash it and freeze it. It is next thing to fresh. I very seldom use dried parsley, because I like it frozen so much better.
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Mary Evelyn 23244 5352 Strawb...	RE: Mary Evelyn's Koffee Klatch 2/21/2013 3:50:45 PM
	Hello ladies, thanks to each of you for your ideas and now I think I may try growing some herbs in pots on my patio and see how it goes. The idea of growing lettuce from the stump was not my idea but something I saw online and thought it was very interesting. I think I'll give it a try and see how it goes but to be honest, I do not have a green thumb. You all have a wonderful day. :)

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