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Pastafarians

Heddi

(18,312 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2015, 05:19 PM Jun 2015

I just made home-made pesto [View all]

from the basil in the back garden. Waiting on the tomatoes to ripen...got 4 plants...big ones, little one, cherry, all kinds.

This will be a very pasta summer, i believe.

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I just made home-made pesto [View all] Heddi Jun 2015 OP

my basil needs a-pickin but my tomatoes aren't even close. Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #1

If I let mine go too long it goes to seed Heddi Jun 2015 #2

Better to pick some basil now. Mariana Jun 2015 #3

I did an act of greater canonical purity yesterday. Yorktown Jun 2015 #4

red bellpeppers, 3 cheeses, chilli and olive oil AlbertCat Jun 2015 #5

Brother AlbertCat, let me give you a tip from a pro (not me) Yorktown Jun 2015 #6

Gawd! Pine nuts are everywhere down here now! AlbertCat Jun 2015 #7

You've been fooled: those boys on bicycles in white shirts and black ties are NOT selling pine nuts Yorktown Jun 2015 #8