Basil

While at Whole Foods today, my mother-in-law needed basil and found this beautiful organic basil plant. I saw hers in the cart and it smelled so pretty. I know I already have basil growing in my garden but if you've read my past posts, I'm very impatient and my basil is still so tiny. I mean, the plants were 2 for $5 and what kind of daughter-in-law would I be if I made her pay $3.99 when she could pay $2.50? :) So I picked one out of from the refreshing display. I based my whole dinner plan around the basil leaves and before I thought to take a picture to share, I pulled off all the big leaves. I think it still looks good though and more will bloom.

I was starting to get worried that my basil wasn't growing, maybe because of overcrowding. But when I took a closer look today, I noticed that the 2nd leaves were growing. These are the first true leaves and clearly look like basil. So now I feel better about my plants chance of success. And I am also happy that I brought home a quick basil fix to hold me over. :)

  I was also excited to see that my chamomile had sprouted! I also saw tiny mint, scallion and yellow pear tomato sprouts. 

Here is an update on the Mesclun lettuce mix that I planted about 4 days ago. The seed pack said 30 days to maturity so I'm looking forward to seeing that soon.
I think this indoor gardening project will really turn out to be a great thing. Assuming all of my plants produce, this will relieve a lot of my stresses of what the big corporations and manufacturers are putting in the food I need to give to my kids. Doesn't get any better than growing it organic yourself. I know all elements that my plants are coming into contact with. That's comfort. :)