My Basil is keeping me busy.

[Gary350]

My basil is trying to flower so I keep picking off the flowers along with the top 2 leaves about every 3 days. I picked a pretty good batch of basil today, enough to fill a 4 cup container compacted a little. So today I made Pesto. WOW.....that was the best Pesto I every had in my life.

[GeorgiaGirl]

Yum!! I'm swimming in basil too... I made a salad layered with slices of organic tomatoes, basil, and fresh mozzarella... can't WAIT to have that for lunch tomorrow... but I like the pesto idea and think I know what dinner will be tomorrow night! Thanks for the idea!

[rainbowgardener]

Every year in the fall when they start slowing down, I pull all my basil plants and process them all into pesto which I divide up in freezer baggies and freeze. Then in the depth of winter, I just pull out a baggie and warm it up in warm water and have instant yummy dinner... in mid winter the pesto tastes like concentrated sunshine/ memory of summer.