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Save a few sprigs of basil you buy and grow more.
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When I bring basil home from the farmers’ market, I store the bunches in jars of water on the kitchen counter or table, where they stay fresh for at least a week. A few years ago, one of the vendors at the market gave me a great tip: trim the ends off of the bunches first and they will sprout roots. Replant the basil and enjoy. Swipe to see some basil I did that with.
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But wait there’s more! This year, I tried this trick with basil AFTER my daughter MK had removed ALL of the leaves. I thought to myself, looking at the stems, hmmm, that’s a lot of green matter there… I must find something to do with it. So I put the stems in water about two weeks ago. Today, I noticed some roots growing! (Swipe to see those.) So I’ll replant these stripped down stems after they sprout more roots. I never would have thought to do this with the stems in the old days. After making pesto, they would have gone straight to the compost bin.
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If you don't have a yard, you can regrow basil in a pot in a sunny window and snip off what you need when you need it. By growing your own this way, you’ll avoid not only the plastic clam shells and plastic produce bags that package some basil, you won’t need so much as a seed packet. Not that there is anything wrong with seed packets! I’m just pointing out the simplicity of this method.

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