"elaine" <elaineg@ca.inter.net> wrote in message
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> "Peter A" <paitken@CRAPnc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.215732d0fbd1240989da9@news-server.nc.rr.com...
>> In article <13eqop1ketgmu91@corp.supernews.com>, elaineg@ca.inter.net
>> says...
>>> I'm curious to know if people here who grow their own herbs, wash them
>>> prior
>>> to use. Assuming, of course there are no animals that might pee on
>>> them!
>>> e.
>
>>
>> Yes, for sure. Animals aside, there will always be some dust or grit
>> that gets on the leaves, not to mention the occasional 6- or 8-legged
>> critter.
>
>
> That's what made me ask. I usually don't if I think they are clean. But
> as I was preparing my last batch of basil oil a spider ran out of the
> stalks..........e.
>
Spiders are food. They eat big spiders someplace in South America. I saw
that on tv so you know it's true! <bg>
I wash my herbs that I grow myself, both for the dirt & grit and the
birds...
I think the intense heat is pretty much over so I've replanted cilantro,
parsleys, garlic, dill & turmeric. I never grew turmeric before, but the
ginger is doing well enough.
Edrena