On Thu, 20 May 2004 09:02:08 +0100, "Paul D.Smith"
wrote:

My wife has successfully (maybe too successfully!) grown some parsley. It's
now about 2 feet high and growing. My understanding is that we should pinch
out all flowers,

Oops. Missed the 'flower-pinching' part. Don't bother. It won't make
the plant produce more useful leaves -- 2nd yr parsley is inferior in
taste and texture anyhow. Just let it go to seed, gather the seed, and
start new plants.