reap or wrap

[contentlove]

We have a little snow predicted in our near future but I'm hoping my basil can soldier on anyway. There were at least a couple of mornings recently when I had to scrape ice off my windshield, and the basil persevered...and I really didn't want to spend the evening making pesto, so, I'm feeling lucky and I've built the basil bed a little ghetto

Comments

[jessaries]

If you find it frozen tomorrow you could always just pack it all in a ziplock with olive oil, or ice cube trays with olive oil and tip out to the ziplock little basil portions. Hates to waste it!

[nancynewt]

wrap might help for tonight, but tomorrow night it's to get into the low 20s. I would think at that temp with or without snow, the basil would be done for.

[contentlove]

I tend to take this stuff one day at a time. As of this morning, most of the basil is still happy and green.

[sheilagh]

I've had basil survive nicely when wrapped with a few strands of christmas tree lights. my whole potted garden is aglow, and I end up with geckos there all winter long.

[luxcanon]

That's awesome!

[pasketti]

I leave all my plants outside. I'm trying to evolve cold-tolerant varieties.

[salimondo]

The pictures from Houston are crazy. How's that basil?

[contentlove]

Green! I'm thinking of adding the Xmas lights to it...