Sentences with phrase «plants like basil»

No special scissors needed for tender plants like basil, just pinch off the tops of the stems with your fingers (being careful not to tug on the plant and dislodge the roots).

Not exact matches

I just got a little organic basil plant at the grocery for like $ 2.

Here Im thinking what soup can I make:) Love basil this year my daugther bring me others basil plants like mini basil.

It wasn't that I was unsuccessful, more like unaware that if you plant 3 watermelon plants and 3 cantaloupe plants they will take over your entire garden in a creepy, crawly, sort of way and kill off your basil, cauliflower, and chives.

My «4 sprigs» was more like «4 giant basil plants.»

When we refer to herbs, we almost always mean fresh leafy green parts of selected plants like oregano, basil or coriander.

Last I looked, it was, like, July, and then suddenly I notice the paper calendar that hangs in front of me all day long, and it's the end of August, and Labor Day is this weekend (and I've forgotten to ask for a few days off from work to extend the holiday, dirrr), and the sun is setting by 8:30 pm, and the basil plants are looking like they're past ready to be made into pesto for the winter.

My basil plant isn't quite big enough to harvest a mother load of leaves like this (and this was only 1/3 of the bag I bought) with out assaulting it so I was thrilled to find this.

It also stretches to give your plants a max grow height of 24 inches, the high end of grow height options, which is helpful for taller plants like trellised tomatoes or mature basil plants.

The round, often pointed leaves of the basil plant looks a lot like peppermint to which it is related.

Most of the time I go right on growing tomatoes and basil and broccoli simply because they are good, we like them, I'm determined to figure out the right planting time for cole crops, and broccoli attracts hordes of green looper caterpillars that throw Lily's chickens into paroxysms of chicken joy.

There are a variety of basil plants but the best basil plants to use are the fragrant basil varieties like the lemon and cinnamon kind.

Try herb plants with larger leaves like basil, sorrel or sage - and the bigger the better.

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.

Choose wisely While rosemary, mint, sage, basil and coriander are a good starting point, you really want to plant the herbs you like to cook with on a regular basis.