The Return of the Basil
Sep. 26th, 2017 07:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osprey_archerAbout a month ago, I transplanted my basil plant from its pot into the ground. Upon doing so I discovered that the basil's roots completely filled the pot, which probably explained why the basil was looking so yellow and peaky, and even after transplanting it I daily awaited the basil's demise.
Dear readers! The basil is flourishing! It has put forth a bounteous new crop of rich green leaves, and only grows more fervently when we take some of those leaves to adorn French bread pizzas or tomato crostinis.
Did I tell you we made bat-shaped crostinis when we watched LEGO Batman? (Julie had not seen it so of course we had to remedy this.) They turned out much more bat-shaped than the bat sugar cookies, which spread in the oven, as sugar cookies do. Next time I need thematically shaped food, crostinis are clearly the way to go!
Also, the cherry tomatoes from the garden are so much better than cherry tomatoes from the store that I have begun to wonder if I am experiencing subpar versions of all the vegetables, and ought to try growing more next year. After the unfortunate strawberry experience, it's probably best to stick to easy vegetables; a zucchini plant perhaps: I've heard those grow like gangbusters without much help. Also, zucchini fritters.
The rosemary, which I transplanted at the same time as the basil, has not burst forth in quite the same manner - but then rosemary is a more retiring plant, and when I needed rosemary the other night for rosemary chicken salad and rosemary sweet potato fries (it was a very rosemary dinner), I found plenty of tender young rosemary shoots. The unseasonable heat, unpleasant though I find it, seems to be good for the herbs.
Dear readers! The basil is flourishing! It has put forth a bounteous new crop of rich green leaves, and only grows more fervently when we take some of those leaves to adorn French bread pizzas or tomato crostinis.
Did I tell you we made bat-shaped crostinis when we watched LEGO Batman? (Julie had not seen it so of course we had to remedy this.) They turned out much more bat-shaped than the bat sugar cookies, which spread in the oven, as sugar cookies do. Next time I need thematically shaped food, crostinis are clearly the way to go!
Also, the cherry tomatoes from the garden are so much better than cherry tomatoes from the store that I have begun to wonder if I am experiencing subpar versions of all the vegetables, and ought to try growing more next year. After the unfortunate strawberry experience, it's probably best to stick to easy vegetables; a zucchini plant perhaps: I've heard those grow like gangbusters without much help. Also, zucchini fritters.
The rosemary, which I transplanted at the same time as the basil, has not burst forth in quite the same manner - but then rosemary is a more retiring plant, and when I needed rosemary the other night for rosemary chicken salad and rosemary sweet potato fries (it was a very rosemary dinner), I found plenty of tender young rosemary shoots. The unseasonable heat, unpleasant though I find it, seems to be good for the herbs.
