Basil is one of my favorite herbs to grow in my
self watering container garden. It is affordable (especially if you
grow basil from seeds,) fairly hardy (since I often forget plants need water to live,) and is the easiest (and cheapest) way to cook with the fancy varieties (
opal basil, anyone?) I never see for sale in the grocery store. (
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But the thing I really love about growing basil is if you have one basil plant, you can use it to propagate the clippings to grow more basil plants!
Yes, really!
How to Propagate Basil Plants