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One-way transportation is provided from the
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plants, but you can use your
own seeds. This year, if you
plan to use homegrown pars-
ley at your Seders you should
begin with a plant; the herb
you grow from your own
seeds likely will not be large
enough to use yet.
You have two choices of
parsley types: Curly or plain.
Curly parsley is used more ex-
tensively for its decorativeness.
the garden is as good as it gets,
and no Seder is complete
without it To get the best
quality root, you should har-
vest the plant before it renews
its growth in the spring. You
can store it in the refrigerator
or in damp sand in a cool
place until Pesach arrives.
Horseradish is rarely car-
ried by nurseries, so you'll
have to order it by mail or ask
Register today
Contact ELLEN
enrollment • YASHINSKY, MSW
is limited.
at 810-559-1500.
Stretch and Reach is a recipient of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit's Max M. Fisher Jewish Community Foundation.
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This is the parsley usually
around and find someone
found at the Seder plate, as its
who grows it. You can easily
leaves are attractive and more
start new plants by root divi-
palatable for children. The oth-
sions, and you can even plant
er choice is the plain, or Ital-
the roots you find in the su-
ian, parsley. It has a more
permarket or produce store.
pronounced flavor and is the
The plant is quite hardy and
parsley of choice for cooking.
will spread year after year, so
Both types have the same gen-
put it in a spot where it can
eral growing requirements.
be easily controlled. Plants
Parsley is biennial. The sec-
started by root cuttings take
ond season you will have new
two full growing seasons until
growth, and by mid-summer
they can be harvested.
the plant will go to seed. At
When you are ready to pre-
this point, you need to have
pare the horseradish, first peel
other plants waiting in the
and then wash the root It is
sidelines to continue growing
best to chop it in a blender or
during the summer and fall.
food processor, rather than by
Horseradish fresh from
hand, as it is very pungent. ❑
Michael Brown is a writer and I gardener living in Kendall Park, NJ.