[Mrs Bee]

I don't want to win anything Jay. I am not competative, unless it is canasta, 

I just like sharing the little knowledge that I  have and love picking up new ideas from all you guys.

I have done the freeze parsley in  a bag and whack it but find it slightly too coarse for  my needs. And when I do it that way, that is when I do forget to label it

All herbs are best fresh but in the depths of winter, they are very useful.
I believe that herbs are best picked in the morning;something to do with the sun and the herbs essential oils.

[jay001]

All herbs are best fresh but in the depths of winter, they are very useful.
I believe that herbs are best picked in the morning;something to do with the sun and the herbs essential oils.

correct mrs b all herbs --and veg better picked in a mornig and used in your kitchen within a hour ---- so much better than my sainsbury delivery,s and dont even get me started on the topic of dried herbs --especially basil and parsley,guess i had it too good in the countries that i worked in  

(modified to clarify quote)

[shokkyy]

Yes, I have fond memories of picking up a pack of 'fresh' herbs in Sainsbury, and on reading the label found they'd been shipped from Israel

[Grubbypaws]

My basil has germinated   

[BussinSpain]

my flat leaf parsley grows like a weed out here:) but I do use a lot of it with cooking (just love growing and cooking my own stuff)!  I am now on my 2nd sowing of parsnips - little blighters are so unreliable (yes seed was fresh)  Basil and parsely are sown in pots in my little plastic zip-up greenhouse - no probs with germination for me.

[DD.]

My patch of self-sown parsley weeds:

[mattwragg94]

thats alot of parsley DD 

[DD.]

I've also sown fresh as that could well behave as second year parsley, seeing as it appeared in the autumn of last year.

[jay001]

what,s that at the front of the piccy amongst the parsley dd ?

[DD.]

Some sort of self set flower bulb. Don't ask me what!