Sink of Basil

First real haul from the garden (we’ve eaten green beans a few nights–just enough for the two of us each time, and there were two cherry tomatoes that ripened already). In case you are curious, a sink this full of basil (from 10 plants, which will hopefully continue to produce this season) makes 9 freezer containers of pesto–enough for a pound or so of pasta–with a ziploc bag in the fridge waiting for me to decide what I’m going to do with it. Probably puree it up with olive oil and freeze in cocktail ice cube trays, then bag up to keep on hand for when those tomatoes really do ripen en masse and I am trying my hand at spaghetti sauce.