Nikas Culinaria

Its April 4th and we woke up to a frozen rime coating our land, car, and anything that slowed down long enough to freeze.

The robins were super fluffy as they tried to warm up (poikilothermy is an awesome thing) and find a frozen seed or two amongst our weed patches.

I am starving for warmth, though not the biting black flies or the humidity that hits New England out of nowhere.

I am starved for fresh green lettuces and so my mind turns to what we will grow this summer.

Last summer, you may remember, I grew a lettuce patch and did some container gardening.

This year, I think I want to grow 5 metric tons of basil. I want to go out onto my deck and sit amongst a forest of basils of all sorts.

I want to eat basil salads, basil pasta, basil pancakes, basil soup, basil beignets, basil smoothies, basil panko encrusted shrimp and scallops, sip straight basil juice. I want to sit on my deck and munch on basil straight from the bushes.

I will be planting a bit of basil this year, likely this Basil Discovery selection from Seeds of Change.

I might also order all of these different types of basil from the Territorial Seed Company:

• Cinnamon
• Red Rubin
• Siam Queen
• Purple Ruffles
• Nufar
• Holy Green
• Holy Red
• Lemon
• Spicy Globe
• Finnissimo Verde A Palla

I will summon what optimism I can and plant a few tomatos too, though my track record is mighty poor so far.

Resources of Interest:

• Seeds of Change
• Territorial Seed Company

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