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Re[2]: Plant Disposal

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     Hi Mary and Jean the Herblady
     
     One thing that worked well for us is that if the basil leaves are 
     still green, make pesto in ice cube trays, freeze them, then break the 
     pesto cubes out and store them in a ziploc in the freezer. We are 
     still using up the last batch we made fall of 1997!
     
     Shawn
     swestaway@smtplink.coh.org


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Subject: Re: Plant Disposal 
Author:  <herblady@gte.net > at INTERNET
Date:    10/10/98 8:35 AM


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Can you pluck the leaves off the basil?? If so, and they have not wilted too 
much, dry them and use them throughout the winter - if the leaves are not 
too big (unless you have the large leaf variety) and they are still scented 
- dry them and put them in a canning jar.  I use the microwave (I know a lot 
say NO to the microwave, but the weather here is too humid to air dry) - I 
layer between two paper towels and  use 10% power for 10 seconds and then 
flip the towels over.  They turn black, but they still scent the spaghetti 
sauces and stews throughout the winter!!!
     
     
Jean - in central VA
     
     
At 08:08 AM 10/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>We're dismantling our non-square-foot garden from this summer and 
>getting ready to prepare the soil and lay out the garden for a sqft. 
>experiment in the spring.  I've pulled the pepper and basil plants, but 
>am at a loss for what to do with them.  They've got woody and/or very 
>tough stems plus lots of leaves.  Should I chop them up and add the 
>pieces to the compost pile?
>
>Mary
>
>
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