Gooooooooood morning ! This is my salad lunch. So fresh, nourishing and beautiful !! All the ingredients can be grown in Hong Kong soil How lucky we are. Be friend with organic farmers, let them take care your health. Have a good day ! Cheers, Cynthia ♡♡♡
Traditionally, experienced gardeners and farmers would trim the basil flowers before they turn into seed pods, this practise can extend the growth period of the plants. In Hong Kong, Sweet basil planted in open area cannot brave the winter north wind and wilt around early or mid Dec., but if they are planted in southern area , most of them can go dormant and regrow in March. With climate change effect, some gardeners can now harvest the Thai basil leaves in Dec. while they are flowering at the same time. The tolerance of Thai basil seems much better than Sweet basil in local climate. I would harvest the seeds when they are 40% mature and let them dry for around 10 days. Then I would harvest
