harvest

[blooz]

It's slowing down a little now. Days are warm but nights cold. The basil particularly doesn't like cold nights.
Here's yesterdays "catch:"
chard, basil, beans, tomatoes and broccoli. Also parsley. i made basil pesto and parsley pesto and chard soup. Today, tomatoes get turned into sauce.

[steve...]

Nice lighting/color in that photo.

[voodoopenguin]

My supply of a vegetarian version of Parmesan seems to have disappeared so I must seek out another source. I'm not veggie but many of the family are so my pesto is made to accommodate everyone. This is the main plant inside which is ready and waiting although there are many plants outside.



Paul

[blooz]

I'm envious. Every time I try to grow basil inside it looks all spindly and weak.

i don't put the Parmesan in until it's ready to serve, as i freeze a lot for the winter.

[blooz]

steve... wrote:
Nice lighting/color in that photo.

Thanks. It's dumb luck on my part. Even doofus photographers get a good one once in a while.

[voodoopenguin]

blooz wrote:
I'm envious. Every time I try to grow basil inside it looks all spindly and weak.

The large one is my stock plant. As it grew I would nip off the longer shoots and put them in a jar of water. After a week or so there would be roots and after a month I could pot them up. The pot on the right was totally chopped back about ten days ago and will be my main stock plant over the winter however it will be joined inside by any of the plants I have outside which probably run to about 15 still despite me keep trying to give them all away! The mayo jar on the left has rooted cuttings which I will pot up tomorrow. I haven't had to buy a plant or sow a seed of basil for about 4 years.

Paul

[GeneL]

The best basil that I ever had!

Back in the '70s, I was friends with Merle Brigante, the drummer from Loggins and Messina.

I was thrilled when he invited me and my wife to Thanksgiving dinner at his dad's down in San Pedro.

His dad had been a commercial fisherman and now mended the nets. For years, when he came home from fishing, he loved to "cook." Amazing!

In front of the house were these big bushes, which turned out to be basil. I'd never seen anything like it before.

The basil had been grown from cuttings brought over from Genoa and were from plants that had been in their family for centuries.

I've never tasted anything else like it.

That was a happy memory.

Thanks, Merle, wherever you are. That was a special experience for me.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Great album.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

GeneL wrote:
The best basil that I ever had!

Back in the '70s, I was friends with Merle Brigante, the drummer from Loggins and Messina.

I was thrilled when he invited me and my wife to Thanksgiving dinner at his dad's down in San Pedro.

His dad had been a commercial fisherman and now mended the nets. For years, when he came home from fishing, he loved to "cook." Amazing!

In front of the house were these big bushes, which turned out to be basil. I'd never seen anything like it before.

The basil had been grown from cuttings brought over from Genoa and were from plants that had been in their family for centuries.

I've never tasted anything else like it.

That was a happy memory.

Thanks, Merle, wherever you are. That was a special experience for me.

Gene,

My wife hails from a San Pedro Italian family that has been there since roughly WWII. Her grandfather (passed on now) was very well known in the community; in fact, an annual memorial picnic is held in his name. Lots of Pedro families go way back, and the Italians especially have strong to the community and one another. I wonder if your friend's family knew my wife's family?

[freeradical]

That's a nice looking harvest indeed. My basil survives pretty late in the year wher I live.