A Basil Moment this Summer

Basil is a herb and it has beautiful leaves.

You might have tasted it in some tomato 🍅 sauces.

It has a distinct smell and is part of the mint family although 

it does not smell or taste like mint.

The leaves are picked, rinsed and can be frozen in a freezer bag 

with olive oil until ready to use.

Basil plants taking the heat of summer.
These basil plants get the morning sunshine
 ☀ and the after noon shade. 

Basil plants

Basil plants

    

Basil plants will eventually produce flowers

and clusters that contain their blackish/brownish seeds.

Basil plant with flowers, clusters with seeds.
You can check the clusters to see if they have developed seeds
or you can wait until the clusters have dried up and turned brown
to harvest the seeds.  

Basil clusters with their seeds.

Thank you for visiting these basil plants

at this guest and gardening blog at:

https://guestandgardening.blogspot.com/

 

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by Nell Sapp