All you need to know about Thyme
Sowing, growing and eating………..
Thyme
Although Basil is often thought of as a Mediterranean herb, it’s origins stem from India and the Middle East. However today it is strongly associated with dishes from Italy, Greece and other Mainland Western European culinary dishes.
Basil is an annual plant
How to grow Thyme
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Varieties of Thyme
Sweet Basil
Sometimes known as ‘Sweet Genovese’, one of the most common and popular basil varieties. It has a wonderful basil fragrance a little bit likes cloves and incense combined and is great in the kitchen for all salads and especially tomato dishes. It is also the traditional basil for making pesto. (See our recipes below for homemade pesto and other uses for basil).
Purple Basil
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Greek Basil
Greek and Bush Basil are very similar. Both are small compact plants with heads packed with very small leaves. Fantastic on pizzas where the leaves can just be stripped of the stalk with no need for tearing.
This basil also makes a great houseplant both for decoration, fragrance, but as a bonus it keeps the flies away. Great in summer.
Lettuce Leaf Basil
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