The Afro of Plants
Here's my lovely parsley plant. Unfortunately, this lovely plant grew way faster than I could harvest it and has pretty much outgrown its pot. It was also sucking up easily 1-2 cups of water a day, drying out the soil by midday. I recently thinned out a few of the sprouts and it's been much happier. I'll be happy to move parsley to the garden straight away, since he likes to fan out all over the place and takes a lot of sun.
As for uses, maybe I need some more! I usually chop up parsley for Italian stir fries, mix it into sauces and soups, and, when it's picnic time, I'll often put parsley in mayo based sandwiches, like watercress mayo or egg salad sandwiches.
One thing I have learned is that, once you pluck off the 3 terminal leaves from a shoot, that long stem is done producing. The good news: each stem is attached at the base of the plant to other stems and new stems will sprout. I was leaving the stems on the plant for a while, which just blocks sunlight from new sprouts coming in.
Keep growing,
Christine
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