Last Friday the weather turned cold, windy and rainy. I decided I should pick the last of my basil before it got damaged by the cold wind. With a plastic grocery bag next to me I stood out in the drizzling rain and chopped away. Before long the bag was overflowing. Unbelievable!

To quench Poppet’s love of pesto over the winter months I made a massive supply, divided it into plastic tubs and froze it. Lets see how it holds up. I’ve been wanting to post the photo of the last batch of basil for a few days now, but I came down with a virus last Sunday and haven’t been up to it. I wonder if getting ill had anything to do picking basil in the rain?