more basil than sense

2025 · 06

Planted way too much basil. Knew it while I was doing it. I took the whole tray off the neighbour because taking one seedling felt rude, and it was spring, when everything sounds like a good idea.

So this week has been pesto. On pasta, on the good bread, stirred into things that didn't ask for it. I gave a jar back to the neighbour, which is ridiculous given she grew the plants, but she took it and told me to pinch the tops out so it doesn't flower. Didn't know that was a thing. I learn all of this a few weeks too late to be any use.

Still more basil than two people could reasonably eat. M. has started calling it the crop, straight-faced, like we run a farm. The kitchen smells green and it's cheaper and better than anything from a shop.