Basil Planting

Alrighty!  This is my first attempt in my life of being a gardener.  I always wanted an herb garden but living in a city means raccoons and other scary creatures touching it in the backyard.  Gross. lol.

So I had these basil stems from a box of Trader Joe's basil deciding against buying an already living plant.  Plus, the TJ's I was at did not have any basil plants available.  Anyways, I learned from a friend that you can grow seedlings/stems in a glass of water and it will root.  She was doing it with mint.  I was in a crazy, let's make everything with basil mood.  It took about one week to see any change in the stems.  Plus, you actually need to keep an eye on the water level because the plants drink it up so fast.  All five that I watered grew roots which was so exciting!  I just planted 2 of them outside in a pot to see how they will hold in the winter cold.  The rest I will keep inside for safe-keeping.  I don't think my family ever tried growing herbs in our soil so I'm crossing my fingers and hope this goes well.  I had a failed attempt with my friend's boysenberry seedling so maybe green herbs are more my style.  Next step, grab mint from a meal at a Vietnamese restaurant and grow it for mojitos! YAY!

Thank you Hoegaarden. It's a miracle!