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Basil and keeping it
Elder wrote on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:27:04 +0100:
> In article >,
> says...
>> A number of recipes call for fresh basil but, unless you grow
>> it yourself, basil has to be bought in large bunches that are
>> much more than you need.
>>
> So grow it, take one of the stems, stand it in a glass of
> water for about 6 weeks until it roots.
With me, in a glass it will dry out or rot. Outside, the horn-rats will
eat it!
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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