On Mon, 7 May 2018 06:51:07 -0500, Terry Coombs >
wrote:

>On 5/6/2018 12:49 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 May 2018 10:42:48 -0600, graham > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2018-05-06 7:55 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 6 May 2018 08:13:10 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I stopped at a nearby farm stand yesterday and picked up some nice fresh
>>>>> produce. I picked up three lovely leeks. I also got a couple of pounds
>>>>> of small white potatoes, a small head of cauliflower and a few zucchini.
>>>>> Not a bad haul for $9.
>>>>>
>>>>> The fresh tomatoes and bell peppers looked quite nice but I only buy
>>>>> those if I know I have an immediate use for them. I looked at the corn
>>>>> (pretty!) but was disappointed it was already shucked. I adore grilled
>>>>> corn but prefer it still be in the husks.
>>>>>
>>>>> I plan to roast the whole head of cauliflower. It's delicious! I'll
>>>>> probably braise the leeks. Of course I could change my mind and make
>>>>> potato-leek soup; kill two veggies with one pot, so to speak.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>> Today is the beginning of my garden planting. I won't be seeing corn
>>>> until late August. Trees were in full blossom 10 days ago and now
>>>> they are beginning to leaf out. My husband just got the garden tilled
>>>> last weekend and now we lay down the soaker hoses, cover with ground
>>>> cloth and then plant the veggies. All my home grown plants have been
>>>> sheltering on the deck for the last week so they wouldn't freeze at
>>>> night. I started the tomatoes and peppers mid-February so I want to
>>>> protect my babies.
>>>> Corn was 33 cents an ear at the store last week. Ugh!
>>>> Obviously your season is way ahead of ours.
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>> My lawns are starting to green up in the sunny spots and the French
>>> tarragon and chives are sprouting. It looks as if the thyme has survived
>>> the winter as I piled snow on it to protect it somewhat. I've just had a
>>> large mayday tree cut down as the black knot fungus was rife and it had
>>> essentially come to the end of its life. At least I won't have to have
>>> it sprayed for aphids any more.
>> the thyme in the garden bed always manages to survive. I am replacing
>> the potted thyme in the deck garden this year. It looks tired.
>> Janet US
>
> * I have a patch of basil that is like that . I planted it and several
>other herbs in a small bed , basil is the only one that survived . I
>have small flower pots of parsley and cilantro that will go out in that
>patch some time in the next few days . Maybe this time they'll thrive
>too ...

start your parsley under the grow light the same time you start your
tomatoes and peppers. Parsley should over-winter wonderfully for one
year. The second season it will produce a huge amount of herb, grow
very tall and then go to seed by early summer. If it works out right,
you let this summer's parsley go to seed and drop seeds, left
undisturbed. Plant some new parsley plants at the same time. The
parsley treated this way should cycle for you with alternate years
going to seed for the next season while the over wintered seeds
produce this year's plants. I've managed for a couple of 5 year
stretches but not in the last couple of years. Our winters just
haven't been damp enough and the right temps.
Cilanro is a different animal. It prefers slightly cooler temps, it
bolts in hot weather. I can't get a decent handle on it. It is my
shrug and see what happens plant.
Janet US