It's Me, ChristyB Lifestyle blog of a middle-aged mom of two

If you are the garden growing type and enjoy fresh herbs, you are probably trying to keep your fresh basil from bolting and going to seed this time of summer. I swear I deadhead mine and within a day or two, it trying to bolt again. Once basil bolts, the leaves become bitter and inedible. Don’t let your basil go to flower. I only plant one basil plant each year and, even using as much as I can when cooking, I still have tons that I hate seeing go to waste. In addition to various methods of preserving basil, did you know that you can propagate harvested basil and replant for continuous fresh basil all spring, summer and fall? Just cut back basil to avoid bolting, pick off the bottom leaves exposing the stem on the bottom two-thirds, place the stems in water and wait for roots to form....