I live in the woods. There's a clearing around the house but not much so I get limited sunlight and there is rock everywhere you try to dig. Enough rock that we were told that in order to get an inground pool, they would have to blast which would ruin our house foundation. So, I stick a few plants in lg containers and put them in the one spot that gets a few hrs of sunlight each day.
Pretty leggy, eh? That would be the sunlight issue. 4 1/2 hrs tops. Next year I need to put these pots on something with wheels (you would think Herbie would have his own?) and chase the sunlight across the back yard.
So now it's time to harvest some of this plant to use in cooking throughout the winter. I'm not hanging it to dry but I'll freeze it in cubes.
I can just drop the cube into soups or sauces or, I can use a lot of them and make pesto.
Snip off the branches, wash, chop up and fill ice cube trays with the chopped basil, fill with water and freeze. Viola!
Place the cubes in ziplock freezer bags and done!
Oh... and did I mention that Herbie likes to propagate too much?! Frequently, I'll snip off a stem or two to use and keep it in a little glass of water on my counter to pull leaves off of and in no time at all, it's rooting!
Flower heads fall off and grow. Quickly.
Little Herbie
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