Gotta Make Some Pesto!
July 19, 2008
Can't get Enough Pesto?
Sometimes there are foods that you're happy to have just every once in a while. But once you start growing the ingredients, and can make your own, you just can't get enough!
That's the case with pesto for me. Everything is better fresh. Now he makes the 10-year old face and says "Are you going to make me pesto tonight?", on a regular basis.
Slow to flower, this basil cultivar will keep you havesting
PC: Leslie F. Halleck
If you love using fresh basil from the garden, and making pesto, but struggle with basil that flowers to fast and profusely in summer, I have a couple varieties in the garden you might be interested in.
'Pesto Perpetuo' a small variegated variety and 'Sweet Aussie', a bright green variety. Both have a very tight compact growth habit with small leaves. The nice thing about these two is that they are very slow to flower.
While both my sweet and purple leafed varieties are already in full flower and leggy (I should have harvested more) both of these are still very tight with no flowers. Yay. So, if you're a fresh pesto addict like we are, you might give these varieties a try. Great for garden or containers.
