(photo from Gurney's)
From the catalog:
A truly intriguing mix of flavors-- offers subtle hints of mint, cloves, and anise. Extremely popular in salads and vegetable dishes. Annual. Approx. 150 seeds per pkt. 85 days.
| Height: 24-30 inches Spacing: 18 inches between mature plants Depth: 1/8 inch Spread: 12 inches Sun/Shade: full sun to partial shade Germination: 7-10 days Days To Maturity: 85 Yield: N/A | Fruit: N/A Comments: Annual. One of the most popular cooking herbs. Large, 2 inch, dark green leaves. Spicy fragrance and flavor. Prefers warm areas. |
Transplanted on May 20th and June 5th.
The plants on the south side of the tomatoes didn't do as well as the ones on the north side. They received too much direct sun on the south side.
Kept pulling flowers off to continue harvest. Enjoyed these on sandwiches, pizza, salads, and sauces. We let the older plants flower and it attracted a lot of beneficial bugs to the garden.
our lil baby basil growing inside in early April
Same basil in mid September.
This basil was direct sown. This photo was taken September 13th.
I pulled all the remaining basil October 21nd. The basil shown above had not flowered yet...but I wanted to harvest all the leaves before our frost. The older, flowered basil I pulled and we used to hang around the barn near the chickens' coop. When we walk by them we are treated to the sweet scent of basil.
