Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Sad Pot of Parsley

It had a half price label, so I paid 39p for a sad pot of lanky, overgrown parsley from Aldi.


 I stood it in water for a good while. These supermarket growing herbs  are always a pot full of seedlings rather than a plant. I've divided the very root bound clump up into 3  pots.
Cut off some but not all of the tops and will see what happens.

If it's a fail I wasted 39p, if a success I saved a bit more than that!

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We got so spoiled with the week of good weather that the cold of the last couple of days has been a real shock. I took a hot water bottle to bed again and put away the shorts - hate doing that!

Eldest Daughter is 45 today, how did that happen?


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Sue

28 comments:

  1. I start the day in long trousers, change into shorts and then back into long trousers, it's a pain. My daughter is a similar age, the years have flown by.

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    1. It's frightening how years fly by nowadays

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  3. I will try again. It keeps autocorrecting the Latin Tag. My eldest is 43 next month. Tempus Fugit!

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  4. My eldest is a mere 39... still a bit of a shock to count up the years. Hope your parsley responds to the tlc

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    1. Not sure what the parsley will do - I'll see.

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  5. My eldest is well into his forties too....... unbelievable.
    Alison in Wales x

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    1. I remember being in my 40's - I'm sure it was only a year or so ago

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  6. It's so surprising when your adult children keep suddenly having more birthdays. My son is 57, no idea how that happened.

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    1. Quite a surprise to have a daughter so old!

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  7. It's a shock when your children become the age you're accustomed to feeling yourself.

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  8. Happy Birthday to your daughter! May she have a terrific year filled with fun adventures!

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    1. When I was 45 she was 20 and youngest was a teen- yet she has a 9 year old and a 3 year old! Crazy

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  9. All the best and happy B-day to your daughter. How did we all suddenly have adult children? Time passes quickly.
    Hopefully your herb will thrive. My herb plants looked leggy too. I cut them back severely and now they seem to be recovering. They need some sunshine and warmth.

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    1. The seedlings might survive and grow - I'll see what happens

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  10. My oldest daughter will turn 44 next month. Hard to believe. Inside I still feel that age but when I look in the mirror I see my mother as an old woman.

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    1. Hopefully I don't look too much like my mother!

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  11. I don't know how it happens, my eldest is 44 now. I usually struggle to keep parsley alive, even the supermarket ones that I nearly always split. It will be interesting to see if your 39p was a good investment.

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    1. Not too drastic if the parsley doesn't get going. I froze some last year and then forgot it anyway!

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  12. I always have good value from supermarket growing herbs. I pot them on and get months of eating off them.

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  13. Both my kids are in their 50's, having been born in 1970 and 1973. Now I am waiting for the grandkids to reach their 20's!

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  14. Since I have been staying home and climbing step ladders, I have been dressing in short sleeves and shorts. One of these days I will have to leave the house and will need to dress accordingly.
    I think your parsley will do just fine for you.

    God bless.

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  15. I predict the parsley will survive! And a happy natal/labor anniversary to you :-)

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  16. Good bargain with the parsley. It's not something I often use, I must confess.

    The sudden change in weather and that blardy east wind not enjoyable. I even put my electric blanket on for an hour last night, and the heating for an hour too. The sunshine was nice when I drove to Carmarthen and back though.

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  17. Sister said it's been really chilly again this week but things might be looking up. Here's hoping warmer weather is back in the forecast!

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  18. My eldest is 46 now .. commenting on this to my 91 yr old mum and saying how old it makes me feel , she promptly asked how I would feel if my eldest was 70 this year ( me) .. she’s got a point 😂

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