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| Photo: Amy Norwood |
Basil
is a wonderful herb for the summer garden because it pairs so well with
tomatoes and other summer garden veggies!
Left to its own devices, the basil plant will produce a spike of small
flowers on the end of each stem. The
flowers eventually become seeds. The
conventional wisdom for growing basil is to pinch off the flower spikes when
they appear. If you want to eat the
basil, by pinching the flowers you encourage the plant to put its energy into
growing leaves, not making seeds.
