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    BASIL

    Apr 07, 2020 2 minutes

    If I could only grow one herb in my garden, it would be basil. Basil is the flavor of summer, lending its spicy-clove essence to pasta, pizza, caprese salad and, of course, pesto. It’s also easy to grow, thriving in sunny garden beds and containers and offering months of aromatic leaves.

    I start my own basil

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