Don't be freaked out by the blackish purple spots on my basil leaves — I picked up a purple
basil plant at my local farmer's market and its sooo pretty.
I just got a little organic
basil plant at the grocery for like $ 2.
Not exact matches
Every spring we
plant basil leaves in a couple clay pots that Patty painted and decorated
at a local art studio.
Every spring, I rush to
plant basil so that I have pesto
at my disposal all year round.
Our
basil plant is bursting in the garden right now, and seedless watermelons are plentiful
at the farmer's market or grocery stores.
Clearly I don't have much of a green thumb,
at least not yet, but what I do have is a surprisingly healthy
basil plant despite my repeated attempts
at negligence, so I've been trying to use her as much as possible.
We
plant basil in spring and then get
at least two harvests of
basil to make pesto through the growing season, plus enough for gleaning random leaves for pasta dishes, bruschetta, caprese salad, etc..
For their latest experiments, Shouan Zhang, a UF / IFAS
plant pathology associate professor
at the Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, FL, inoculated
basil plants with the downy mildew pathogen.
Plant herbs that enjoy free - draining soil, such as thyme, near the top of the pyramid, and herbs that like more water, such as mint and
basil,
at the bottom.