The Bush

Several months ago we bought a package of fresh basil.  This basil was so fresh it came with soil and roots in it.  After we had used the basil leaves we planted the roots.  Believe it or not they grew…a lot!  The bush was two feet high and a foot in diameter.  There was so much basil even our family could not eat it all.  So we cut it all down and Mom made two batches of pesto

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The Basil Bush Cut Down

However, this did not significantly diminish the basil supply so we  hung the basil in bunches in the garage and dried it.  We then pulled the leaves off the stems leaving decorative dead stems.20161014_144003Then we crushed it (in a very artistic manner)
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Finally we put our dried basil in a spice jar, or two, or three…
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That was one big basil bush.

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Stephen

Stephen is the saxophone player for Longbow and draws the H.A.T.S. comics and the Between Class Comics.

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