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Cooking With Herbs: Basil

Posted on Saturday, December 12, 2009 by admin in Herbs
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herbs_in_the_kitchenBasil is an especially easy annual herb plant to grow. Look for seed to sow in the vegetable garden or perennial bed next spring. Although it does not reseed in my yard it’s worth the effort to purchase seed every year. There are oodles of varieties available. In a copy of Shepherd’s 1994 Garden Seed Catalog there are lettuce leaf, broadleaf, purple opal, anise, lemon, Greek mini ‘windowbox’”, and cinnamon under the ‘Scented Basils’ heading. Then there’s genova profumatissima, fino verde compactto, and napoletano under the ‘Italian Basils’ heading!