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Fresh In The Garden With Basil + $100 American Express Gift Card Giveaway

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Summer Gardening with Basil

We are coming up on our first summer in our new home and I couldn’t be more excited!  Well, technically we moved in during the middle of summer last year, but I’m not counting that considering it was spent moving and unpacking an absurd amount of boxes (like really, how do 2 people amass so much stuff?!).  

Oh, and painting… there was a lot of painting.

Besides being super pumped about getting to enjoy our new home come this summer (i.e. epic parties need to happen), I can’t wait to finally get my vegetable and herb garden started up.  One thing that made me incredibly bummed last summer was having to actually go to a grocery store to grab some fresh basil, cherry tomatoes, and the like (#firstworldproblems, I know).  I loved just walking out of our old house and BOOM… thy bounty overfloweth.

I’m still trying to plan out where would be best to get my legit new garden started up in our backyard, so I’m getting the ball rolling with the easiest type of gardening…  growing some fresh herbs in containers!

Summer Gardening with Basil

Container gardening is SO easy because you can literally just move your plants to wherever the sun is… or if my plants are spending too much time tanning, get them in some shade to recover.

There’s something about having a patio full of planters growing herbs that makes me incredibly happy.  I get super pumped about the ease of getting to walk a few steps outside, grabbing a few sprigs of this or that, and giving my food a flavor punch of fresh-from-the-garden herbs.  There’s no comparison in taste… stuff you grow yourself just tastes better.  #fact

And, let’s just be honest.  Sprucing up the patio with fresh herbs just looks awesome.  It’s instant edible decorating!

You’ve definitely seen Burpee Home Gardens vegetables and herbs at your local plant emporium.  It’s a trusted brand in gardening and I was excited to get my hands on some quality Genovese style basil.  The stuff is  high-yielding, which is exactly what I need to sustain all those epic parties we’ll be throwing throughout the summer.  We go through a lot of basil in our house during these few short months!

Summer Gardening with Basil

With our very first baby on the way (and scheduled to arrive just before the start of summer), I’m sure we’ll be having plenty of family and friends wanting to stop by and meet our little miracle.  So get growing Burpee Home Gardens basil… I have big plans for you.

Make sure to check out the Burpee Home Gardens store locator to see where you can stock up on all your favorite vegetables and herbs!  And to get you started, how about a chance to win a $100 American Express Gift Card!!  Just leave a comment below letting me know what vegetables and herbs you want to grow in your garden!

Looking For Some Basil-Inspired Recipes?

Peach Basil Arnold Palmer

Peach Basil Arnold Palmer Cocktail

Simple Corn and Basil Salad

corn salad

Raw Zucchini and Squash Spaghetti with Roasted Cherry Tomatos and Pistachio Pesto

zucchini spaghetti

Nectarine and Lemon Basil Sugar Crostini

Nectarine Crostini

Red, White, and Blueberry Salad

blueberry caprese salad

Quick and Easy Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

tomato soup

Winter Caprese Salad

slow roasted tomato caprese salad    

 

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  5. We actually started a vegetable and herb garden this year! We have basil, parsley, cilantro, thyme, oregano and veggies include lettuce, spinach, peppers, cucumber, zucchini and tomatoes! We are constantly adding to our little garden!

  6. Hooray for fresh basil all summer long! We have it in our garden too and I’m also looking forward to strawberries, raspberries, lavender, and mint. Thanks for the awesome giveaway Chris!

  19. I love growing herbs! Basil, lemon thyme, tarragon, scallions, chives, parsley. I’d like to try horseradish again, I had special ordered a root, and within a couple days of planting it, it had totally disappeared. I think I have gourmet voles!

  20. I would love to grow tomatoes and basil in my garden. They would make great pasta ingredients!

  34. I want to grow sweet mint, tomatoes, cilantro, and jalapeno peppers!

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  36. All of them! I just started a new herb garden. And I planted some things I’ve never tried before like lemon balm and sage so I’m so excited to be try them in recipes this summer.

    The regular garden is stocked with all sorts of goodies like tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and beans. It’s so fun for the kids to watch the plants grown and then bring them in straight to the table for dinner.

  38. I’m so jealous of your green thumb! I want to start growing basil in my garden because I spend SO MUCH MONEY on basil…Also – it’s ALMOST SUMMER…which means your little pea pod is coming SO SOON! EEEEEE!!!

  47. I would like to grown parsley and basil because I use them almost daily in the summer.

  50. Our mini-garden is full of various types of tomato, sweet bell peppers, squash and zuccini. I’ve started clean eating and want to make more pico de gallo, I am looking to start a herb garden with cilantro being first. And then I saw another poster grows chocolate mint. Ooh! I need to do some research.

  51. I love having fresh fruits and veggies! We only have rosemary growing right now, but we are moving and I hope to plant onions, squash, watermelons and much more next year !

  52. I’m already growing oregano and mint-I would like to add basil, thyme, and parsley.

  59. I have always found gardening therapeutic. I love growing flowers, but I just started a fruit and vegetable garden not too long ago. I eventually want to start an herbal garden (i.e. cilantro, basil, thyme, mint, etc.). 🙂

  61. I would love to grow more veggies and herbs, especially basil and thyme. I do grow tomatoes, and love when they ripen, nothing says summer like a fresh homegrown tomato.

  70. This year I am growing tomatoes and cilantro and cucumber as well as some bell peppers.

  73. I’d love to grow tomatoes too! And basil and mint.. I’d grow a lot of things if I could 🙂

  75. I’d like to start my garden with herbs such as basil. Thank you for the giveaway!

  84. I Want to grow big with everything Burpee Vegetables offer. I want to plant everything and not just see it grow but be healthy for myself, my family, my neighbors and friends

  90. We plant tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, eggplant and a mixture of herbs that definitely include basil. I make pizza quite a bit and use the vegetables and herbs to make special creations.

  92. I want to grow a salsa garden with jalapenos, tomatoes, tomatillos, garlic, onions, and cilantro.

  109. We currently only have mint, tomatoes and cucumbers. I’d love to add squash. carrots, and melons.

  111. We usually have a big garden with tomatoes, peppers, melons, and all kinds of herbs. But last year we had some fungus problems and I’m currently taking care of my Dad full-time, so we are down to 4 tomatoes in pots and a few herbs.

  112. We have a small garden but we have a big variety of salad veggies and herbs. A couple of the tomato plants bit the dust. They look like something munched on them but unless rabbits can jump up into a raised bed it must be squirrels. I have to go get replacement plants soon.

  118. we love growing tomatoes in our garden! We like to eat them and also can them for making soup or chili during the colder months

  138. I have a vegetable garden with spinach, swiss chard, and tomatoes but I would love to have an herb garden!

  141. We are growing cherry and pear tomatoes, lettuce, amethyst basil and kale in our Tower Garden 🙂

  146. I’m growing rosemary, basil, tomatoes and variety of peppers (green, poblano, jalapeno and hot banana).

  148. I would love to grow tomatoes! I use them so much in my cooking that it would be great to just walk outside and pick a tomato whenever I needed it. I have tried unsuccessfully to grow them 3 different times. The last time I got some type of gray-black fungus on them while they were on the vine and the whole plant died. I was so frustrated after all the work I did.

  153. We don’t have a garden. We live in a small apartment that barely has a yard. We would plant tomatoes and cucumbers if we could. Thank you!

  163. I am growing tomatoes and cukes in my containers this year, and things are looking good!

  165. So far I only have mint planted, but I have basil, wildflower and Serrano pepper seeds.

  166. My fav foods to grow in my garden is organic/heirloom tomatoes and a variety of herbs, especially basil. oooo yum! 😀

  169. I love having fresh herbs. I have oregano and sage and mint in my little garden.
    Thanks for the contest.

  176. I love them so I pretty much want to grow all of them! Greens, peppers, squash, eggplant, tomatoes and basil are just a few.

  177. I have a basil plant right now, I would like to get some broccoli, carrots and corn going!

  180. I’m open to planting anything, really just about any herbs, and I need my main staples like tomatoes and cucumbers too!

  186. So far all I’m growing this year is mint and basil. I had planned on more but the spring time got away from me and I never got the rest planted.

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