“I have a problem,” I told Dan guiltily as I climbed out of the car. I had just made a trip to the garden center for some topsoil and mulch and I got a little…sidetracked.
He sighed, “how much basil did you buy?”
“Only 1 this time, I swear!” This brought my basil plant count to 18. We were running out of garden space for them all, but I couldn’t resist the new-to-me boxwood basil.
So now we have one bed, one cold frame, and 7 containers filled with basil of all shapes and sizes. From the tiny-leaved boxwood basil to the Purple Opal to the citrus-scented lime basil to the traditional Genovese basil, we’ve got it all: lemon, lime, Purple Opal, Genovese, Thai, Greek, spicy globe, boxwood.
I need to go get another bag of mulch this week…don’t let me come home with any more basil!
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haha, oh my ! i love this. i only have 3 basil plants, but i totally understand how you can accumulate so many. i’m sure i’d have more if we had more room. there are so many cool varieties!
There’s no such thing as too much basil!
I’m with you on this one!
you should chop it up, add it to ice cube trays with water and freeze it! fresh basil for soups/stews/risottos/etc all winter!
I’ll have to look into that. I’m definitely freezing a ton of pesto!
Do you have any tips for keeping basil fresh. If I am unable to use mine right away I make pesto and freeze it. I have wayyyy too much pesto!
This is a great idea for a Brain Food 101 post. I’ll try to get one up soon– stay tuned!
Step away from the basil!
Oooh! 18?! Wow, that is a lot. But I am jealous. Other people (ahem) would love to have that much basil. Just tell Dan that others would envy his lucky situation.