This
morning before I even had my cup of coffee to sweeten my vocal cords or wash
the sleepy hoarseness from my throat, I started on the Globe Basil because
today is pretty much gone already and it hasn’t even started yet – the day has
been pre-scheduled through the Summer months and it can’t be changed. So …
I
picked off all the sun scorched leaves (it has been in the high 90’s here the
last couple of days), the ends that started to bud, and a few discolored leaves
that never saw the sunlight and trashed those, keeping only the perky pungent
green leaves; I really like this basil because it grows in a nice round shape
and doesn’t get leggy. I like other basils too – especially the large fat
leafed Italian Basil & Lemon Basil, and have grown them in past gardens:
but this year there just wasn’t enough space so I went with Globe ;-)
Anyhow … I picked the sprigs
over, tied the 5 sprig bundles with a length of crochet cotton thread, put up
the hanging rack, and set the bundles to dry; keeping a few sprigs out to
freeze for fresh basil recipes:
GLOBE BASIL bundles set to dry
The
TV Room is the only place to set up the hanging rack, so that is the room I
used – every other room is too bright with all the windows and skylights, and
the master bathroom would be too sultry due to the hot water showers; so
setting the rack behind the recliner in the TV Room was the best choice. I got
enough set to dry for my small family needs and I’m happy with that :-D
