Comments on: Overcoming Soapy Cilantro, Woody Fennel and Early-Flowering Parsley

By: Susan ITPH

Susan ITPH — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:59:38 +0000

I had an ancestor who was a celery farmer in Salt Lake in the 1870s. He would grow the plants along a canal and ship his crops to California and Denver when the railways came through. It's true what you say about Utah; parsley is very easy to grow here.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 07:05:49 +0000

Thankyou for this post. The detail you have gone into is fantastic. Will definitely look at the punnets of parsley a little closer next time. Having said that my "curly leaf" parsley went berserk this year.

By: Diana Lopes

Diana Lopes — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 01:41:32 +0000

Such a complete post! I'm impressed with the amount of information here I didn't know!

By: Linus

Linus — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 04:13:27 +0000

Thank you for this thorough post (and teaser for your book). I’m inspired now to grow some of these herbs as container plants on my part shade driveway (sunniest part of the house).

Would large transplants of these Apiaceae but suitable for a pollinator garden? Would they do ok in some shade?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 17:20:17 +0000

dear matt
thank you for raising the apiaceae bar. all good to know.
here where i garden i have noticed the weakness and eventual failure of a percentage of parsley we plant in the client gardens. i cannot grow all of it myself, but can be more focused on how the purchased plants are grown.
we worked for a couple in their 90's for many years. the wife always asked for parsley planted in the little doorway bed. she would munch some as she went in and out. i think she was close to 100 when she finally passed on.
all best,
~ 02568

By: Judy H

Judy H — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 16:25:09 +0000

Good to know about cilantro. I'm one of 'those' people to whom cilantro tastes like soap. But my oldest daughter loves it and I do like a bit in my Mexican dishes, but I have to go really easy on it because of the soap taste.