At the end of our labyrinth's first summer, a vegetarian friend came over, harvested all the parsley and took it away. For tabouli salad. Endless, endless tabouli salad. Anyway, she told us that parsley has a two-year life cycle and that it would come up again the next summer without reseeding. Great!
And the parsley DID come up again in Year Two. But this time it was not lush and full. Our labyrinth walls were patchy. They had embarrassing bare spots. We tried to fill them in with more parsley seed but it didn't grow well.
We became disillusioned with parsley.
But then My Rare One had a brilliant idea. Screw parsley! Round white river rocks are the way to go! So we went rock hunting. We fetched and carried. Carried and fetched. Ripped out parsley. Put in rocks.
Wow! Turned out pretty nice, we think. And once it was done, low maintenance too. Sweet!
Tomorrow -- a guided labyrinth walk!
[Labyrinth photo by Debra She Who Seeks]
Stone bread goes real well with rock salad.
ReplyDeletethat's a lot of fetching and carrying ... but WOWOW ... the result!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely---I know the disappointment of parsley; year two.
ReplyDeleteRocks last longer! ;-)
XXOO~~♥
Anne
Low maintenance - YEA!! It's a good thing you didn't let the parsley go to seed because you might've had parsley coming up in the walkways. Parsley seems to run rampant for me.
ReplyDeleteThis Labyrinth served two purposes - to give you a good workout with some weight training and then you could meditate as you walk off the sore muscles. {{giggles}}
Very nice! :0)
I love taboli... always makes me think of warmer times....
ReplyDeleteI wondered if you used that parsley! :-)
ReplyDelete~oh i l♥ve fetching and carrying...my husband said once if we were millionaires the first thing i would do is head to the mountains with a huge trailer to bring home ROCKS!!!
ReplyDeletebrilliant this little rare one of yours truly is...now we see why shes a keeper!!! this little plan turned out quite serene...your yard is gorgeous...parsley...i agree...tis always at the market!!!
thank you for this little peak into your world...be well and much love light and blessing shining brightly upon you and yours~
wow wow wow all that fetching and carrying but well worth all the effort it looks amazing.... lookinh forward to the tour x x
ReplyDeleteThat salad looks scrumptious, and I do love your labyrinth. I see your backyard is fairly private. I couldn't imagine doing that in mine. Maybe one day I will have some privacy. Can always hope.
ReplyDeleteMary
I love Tabouli with lots of fresh mint leaves. I'm having so much fun sauntering in the garden with you. It reminds me of the book "The Secret Garden" I loved as a child.
ReplyDeleteThat salad looks too yummy...I'm so ready for a summer salad! You guys did an amazing job on the labyrinth.
ReplyDeleteLook at the stones on you! Wait, what?
ReplyDeletemmmmmmmmmmmm, I want to roll around naked in that salad! I know, I have issues.
ReplyDeletehow cool! too bad yo can't eat it though! but there is always stone soup!
ReplyDeleteAccording to plant folklore, parsley must go to the devil and back seven times before it will come up....
ReplyDeleteha! I love tabbouli. loVe it!
oh and a guided labyrinth walk.. I hope it is posted before I leave tomorrow!!
Wow! It is very dramatic against the color of your soil, and the pattern stands out even more than the parsley. I love it!
ReplyDeleteAre you going to make or buy some "significant-to-the-both-of-you" stepping stones to put in different corners or rooms of the labyrinth?
It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAnd tabouli, oh tabouli. It could be a meal every day of the week. So delicious.
Hi Suzie -- We never thought of that! Will have to consider our options. Hmmmm.
ReplyDeleteI guess that would be low maintenance.
ReplyDeletedang! and I just thought of something funny to say about the parsley...
ReplyDeleteYea, though I walk thru the valley of parsley I shall fear no evil.'
What a beautiful space..
ReplyDeleteWill we be seeing more pictures of your garden?
Hi Intuitive Goddess -- There will be more pix of the rock labyrinth tomorrow, but no pix of the garden "as garden." I don't know that I ever took any photos of all the veggies that used to grow there!
ReplyDeleteThis is one time where lots of hard work really off; with spectacular results. Congratulations
ReplyDeleteMmmmm...tabouli salad!
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