Hello!
Well, apparently propagating basil is dead easy and I am pretty much forehead-slapping myself for not catching on to this sooner.
The basil in the hothouse is really going beautifully, so thought I might do some googling to see what I do and give it a go.
Apparently you snip it off below a leaf node. Then cut the lower leaves off
Then you put them in water and wait a couple of weeks – changing the water every few days so it doesn’t get manky – and after that time you should see new roots growing! Seems pretty easy! Hope they work!
I am fairly excited to watch this happen.
I picked a lot of the leaves today and made garlic/basil pesto, then cooked up some pasta and chicken and mixed it all up – not bad at all! (and was too lazy to take photos of dinner)
I was able to freeze three packs of the pesto for future dinners. I am hoping to do more batches of it to freeze while the basil is doing so well.
I also made a small batch of raspberry jam. Again… I didn’t do photos!! With luck it will set ok.
Hope your day was great
Cheers
