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18. My basil

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 01:15 PM

Mar 2013

Seems delicate and doesn't do great. Once I tried a regular basil that tasted strong and spicy. Did not care for the intensity. Sweet basil is less pungent.

One couple I know, buys fresh plants you take home and put in a water glass by the sink. They do a simple pizza on their out door fancy grill. They pick up dough already prepared in a bag, from, Winco. Roll out flat circles, put on, tomatoes, (canned, whole, that they crush) use fresh basil leaves, and then, sliced chunks of mozzarella cheese and then bake. It is wildly good considering the simplicity.

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Jealous! cyberswede Mar 2013 #1

Thunder, lightening libodem Mar 2013 #2

Are you saying "hail" Marys? talkingmime Mar 2013 #3

Not too loud libodem Mar 2013 #6

(It might be time for the bloody marys now) talkingmime Mar 2013 #9

Oh heck yeah libodem Mar 2013 #10

Try growing parcel this season. It looks like parsley but tastes like celery. talkingmime Mar 2013 #12

I have two big plastic grow boxes for herbs libodem Mar 2013 #13

We grow it every year. It dries well and freezes well. talkingmime Mar 2013 #14

I keep some parsley growing libodem Mar 2013 #16

Parsley is biennial, but the second season just isn't as good. It bolts. talkingmime Mar 2013 #17

My basil libodem Mar 2013 #18

Try genovese. It has broad leaves, is highly productive, and grows in anything. talkingmime Mar 2013 #19

It's sunny and 32 degrees here. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #4

This was a squall libodem Mar 2013 #5

Love looking at clear sky after the storm! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #7

sing the thunder song BillStein Mar 2013 #8

i love those storms fizzgig Mar 2013 #11

The drought years are bleak libodem Mar 2013 #15