The Winter Garden - Day 177

[caab]

Even more tomato flowers today! Plant is growing so well right now. Can really smell the pollen when I do my daily plant shake. I really need to do a bit of research on the whole pollination process because just shaking my plants feels weird.

Here's my little tomato plant. It is quite a ways behind the larger tomato and I think I planted them with a few days of each other. That's a pretty significant difference for only a few days extra time.

My basil is getting pretty overgrown again. My wife even used a few leaves for dinner tonight as well. At this point I don't think I can keep up with the basil through normal use. Might need to work on figuring out how to make some pesto that I can seal on a jar. I've never done anything like that so it might be a fun project to try out.

Comments

[kayla353570]

Good garden and good photographs
I like

[elear56]

Nice photos. they deserve an award. It is very nice. great work

[bekkaru]

Good share @caab

[gloree]

I have similar experience with my Basal, the plant grows so well and I could not use it up fast enough. I can help you on how to make a pesto from the basal. And will be nice if you give it a try.

fresh Basil Pesto Recipe.

You will need to first prepare the following ingredients

1. Fresh basil leaves
2. Freshly grated Romano
3. Extra virgin olive oil
4. Pine nuts
5. Garlic cloves
6. Minced
7. Salt and Pepper (Grind black pepper)

METHODS

Place the basil leaves and pine nuts into the bowl of a food processor.
Add the garlic and Grated romano and pulse. Scrape down the sides of the food processor with a rubber spatula
While the food processor is running, slowly add the olive oil in a steady small stream. Adding the olive oil slowly is important because it will help it to emulsify
Stir in some salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Toss with pasta for a quick sauce, you can apply over baked potatoes or toasted slices of bread.

I hope you do love it.