Summer Gardens
Sunday, July 10, 2011 2 Comments »
Just finished de-leafing a ton of green and purple basil in preparation for pesto making. DH should have picked this crop a week ago; 7 days made the difference between nice, full leaves, and a lot of semi-chewed leaves. It all gets ground up anyway, but it isn't nearly as satisfying to do the same amount of leaf stripping & only net half as much. We'll pick earlier on the second crop!
Now if you really want to be green with envy, take a look at the garden in my SIL's father's house; he's recreated a Mexican courtyard right here, in eastern Pennsylvania.
This is only a small part of the garden. What you can't really see in the picture, is the large koi pond buried in the middle of it. And it's just one of 3 ponds! The garden is lit in various places as well. See that tin star hanging in the very back? At night it is lit from within, and creates a lovely, twinkling highlight. What a lush and delightful place!
2 comments:
Your basil looks gorgeous! My husband usually spends a day during the summer to make pesto, sans cheese, to freeze in bags, so we can have a taste of summer all winter. Your SIL's father's garden is lovely. (That's a gene I didn't get...I'd rather be inside sewing!)
I adore that peaceful and lush garden retreat, what a perfect place to relax and enjoy God's gifts. Happy pesto, Pat!
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