Tree down, tree up

[ailbhe]

We heaved a tree down; now we need to dissect it to get rid of it, but we can do that. We took all the children to the supermarket and bought an apple tree, and some dry twigs which will later become a raspberry bramble, gooseberry bush, and red and black currant bushes. We also bought some bulbs for late summer, early autumn flowers.

The tree and bushes are all planted, and a few of the bulbs. We can do more of the bulbs later. Emer and I also filled two propagator trays, one with spinach and one with parsley (why parsley? none of us eats parsley. Perhaps we'll start). Tomorrow I need to assemble the cold frame and water everything.

After dinner I had a bath with Astrid and rubbed olive oil into her scalp to start combing out her cradle cap. It's the second go I've had at it and it's still not done. I had to stop as her scalp was getting raw. I'll try again in a few days.

And I ordered a pair of Birkenstock sandals from the online sale. If they fit, I can just order more Birkenstocks, because they make lots of different shapes.

I also phoned my mother and we're about ready to go to Ireland for Linnea's birthday. We just need to book travel tickets.

Comments

[serene]

When you have lots of parsley, you could make lots of tabbouli, one of my very favorite foods.

[birke]

I've heard coconut oil is good for cradle cap. It apparently has antifungal properties, and cradle cap is thought to be caused by overactive yeast.

[sfred]

Yay, fruit bushes!
I'm thinking of replacing some of the pretty-flowers bushes left by the previous occupant with fruit bushes. Flowers are very pretty and all, but food is food.

[kaberett.livejournal.com]

Parsley goes on carrots and on potatoes and in tomato sauce (fry onions gently for ever, and then a little longer, and then add tinned tomatoes and a little sugar and a huge heaping handful of chopped parsley). It goes with fried mushrooms. It goes with white fish, I am told. It goes chopped-up-fine in salads, and in onion soup (and in many other kinds of soup). It is something my Grossmutti used a lot. It smells of home.

[ailbhe]

Thank you! It also apparently takes a million years (4 weeks) to germinate, so when it comes up, we'll cook with it...

[jexia]

Yes- steamed carrots with a bit of butter and lots of parsley! Nom!

[euphrosyna]

Parsley is great for garlicky dishes because it freshens your breath. :)

[jexia]

Parsley in mashed potato or scrambled eggs! Is high in iron.

[ai731.livejournal.com]

I make a salad that is basically Tabbouleh, except that the tomatoes are replaced with chickpeas, so: parsley chopped fine, spring onions chopped fine, a clove of garlic or two minced, if you like, a tin of chick peas, drained and rinsed, and a cup of bulghur wheat, cooked. Mix everything together, then dress with an olive oil/basamic vinegar/lemon juice/salt/pepper dressing. You can put the tomatoes back in if you're not feeding someone tomato-adverse, of course.