As my garden winds down for another season, I’ve been getting questions about what I’m doing with the herbs that are still in their pots. I enjoy the efforts of growing fresh herbs all winter long, either from freezing or drying. Preserving herbs for winter use starts early in the summer, as soon as the…
I don’t have to worry about having excess parsley in my garden. I’m fortunate if the caterpillars leave me any once they get going! The first batch of caterpillars earlier this summer died. I try to not fertilize the parsley because I know how sensitive the caterpilllars are, but I must have done so unintentionally.…
© 2011 dogear6 llc Whenever the question is asked what I do with the parsley that I grow, my answer is that I grow butterflies! Every year since I’ve had my herb garden containers on the deck, I’ve had butterfly eggs grow into caterpillars which then went into the chrysalis. Eventually it splits and a black swallowtail…
Stem (from Wiktionary) – A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf. See these little cute guys? They’re in my parsley and will eat it down until all that’s left is a stem or two. But if we wait a few more weeks, we get…
