In article >, biig > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> >
> > In article >,
> > sf > wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:54:46 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > >
> > > > Try adding some baby clams to this sometime.
> > > >
> > > > This is how my dad makes his clam and garlic sauce for pasta.
> > >
> > > You betcha, baby! Add a little clam juice too. Add chopped fresh
> > > parsley at the end to make it pretty.
> > > --
> > >
> > > Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
> >
> > Yum!
> > I'm going to have to grow more fresh parsley this spring!
> > If nothing else, the baby Swallowtail butterflies love it
> > --
> > Om.
> >
> Is parsley hard to grow?

Not IMHO, but the swallowtail butterfly larvae DO like it, so it's wise
to plant extra if you don't want to hand pick and kill baby butterflies.
;-) They like Anise too, but parsley seems to be more attractive to them.

> DH gave me a planted herb garden in a
> large clay bowl. Chives and sage are doing well under the grow light,
> but the arugula is keeling over and I found a small fly among the
> stalks. Also, the basil and oregano, also planted from seed are really
> slow in sprouting. The thyme hasn't shown yet. There is a small
> lavender plant in there too. Put in by the lady at the nursery, who
> planted the stuff for him. This will all be put outside for the summer
> in separate pots, but I'd like to keep it going until then....Sharon

I tried to grow Sage, Thyme, Basil and Parsley in an indoor pot once at
work under the fluorescent lights at work.

It did not work.

My Herb garden is on the West side of the house so gets South and West
sunlight. I water as needed.

The ones that winter over as perennials are Sage, Dittany, Oregano,
Rosemary, Curry and Thyme, and Mexican Oregano is a recent addition.
It's going on it's third year.

Annuals that I have to replant every year include Dill, Basil, Tarragon
and Parsley. Tarragon SHOULD be a perrenial, I just have lousy luck with
that one.

They do ok!

The Chives are in large pots also on the West side. They have dropped
seeds over the 15 years they have been there and come back year to year
even tho' they freeze back. The pots come back, and there is a thick
stand of them UNDER the pots... Tough little dudes, I've not even taken
care of them and they just grow on their own.

Mint tends to do that too, but requires more water.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson