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</div><p id="5234">Each time I consume basil, I do not cut just the leaves but the whole tip, because I want to prevent the plants from blooming. Then I remove the leaves out from the cutting, and I’m left with these green leave-less sticks:</p><figure id="37de"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*xZ9GdMAPAaP2b1CA"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="9849">It turns out that these sticks root extremely easy if you plant it away from direct sun rays and keep them humid:</p><figure id="1ecf"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*ZkNO77RmRb5UP_GW"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="31bf">See, this stick was planted just 3 days ago and it already developed leaves!</p><figure id="e335"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*KsYmvK2XTew1H9wo"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="ee8c">With such easy way to propagate the plants, I’m quite sure I will have a virtually infinite supply of basil during the summer!</p><h2 id="1575">A look at the garden as it grows</h2><p id="c348">Here is part of it. Looking like jungle, isn’t it?</p><figure id="b4fc"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*BKooMBVIRBOgJ3qz"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="87d0">The corn salad and the recycled lettuce keep developing:</p><figure id="5451"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*u5R1RFE33MvCW49k"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="8d9f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*SmNBfXC85IVtAO7o"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="f1d6">Thyme -which I grew from a plant I brought from the Jura mountains- looks much greener now:</p><figure id="e988"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*6fA6uRbE88s28cAC"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="f7fd">And tomatoes are blooming, some even already giving fruits:</p><figure id="9e16"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*NxVvCnHHBJCWIhoL"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="0806">And I still have many more tomato plants to move into bigger pots…</p><figure id="d7c2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*MkzUxDKQaiAACx--"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="09d0">More from my balcony’s edible garden -product of a 2022 resolution!</h2><div id="a0ad" class="link-block">
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</div><p id="4908">If you like my stories on growing veggies, I highly recommend <a href="undefined">Dan Pfeifer</a>’s articles:</p><div id="2df7" class="link-block">
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<div><h3>Volume 34-Tag Along With Me on My Sometimes Boring Sometimes Interesting Sometimes Humorous Journey Through Life</h3></div>
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