Successful Basil Harvest after Failure - with Recipe. 

I love all of your videos and feel that we are kindred spirits. My husband and I are also living in and restoring a beautiful old house and have dreams of going off-grid in the next few years. He is an artist, I was an artist and a plant biologist for many years and am in love with cottage gardening, which is how I recently discovered your videos. I just watched the "I made a mistake with youtube" video from a few years back and am glad that you didn't give it up. I appreciate quality very much! I hope it doesn't take too much time from your gardening. Cheers!

I love the colors in the kitchen. I can tell you are an artist because artists are not afraid of color.

Never a dull moment with you, that was a great recipe and looked so delicious. I didn't know you were also a cook! Your homestead is awesome as well.

My basil last year was a failure. But following your method, I pre-sprouted the seeds and today planted them in their cells. Fingers crossed . I see pesto in the future . Enjoying your videos.

Hello Siloé, I love those revealing glimpses of your Gorgeous home you sprinkle through out your videos. Your pasta salad looked as Delicious as it did Beautiful!! 😉

Have you tried to grow Madagascar Beans? This is a perennial that lasts for about 7 years. The young green beans can be used like string beans. The dried beans (this happens in the drying pod) are brilliant to soak overnight and use in soups and sauces

You are such a Renaissance man. Who knew you also had mad knife skills? Thanks for another great video.

suburban homestead, your kitchen is awesome! Super envious =) As always great video

Wow the bean plants climbing to the top and out of the cages are so majestic!!!

not sure if anyone else addressed this but with the splitting tomatoes that can be avoided by keeping the plants watered more evenly. the splits come from the fruit swelling when they take in a lot of water all at once so if you put too much water on them while they were dryish the skin swells too much and splits. i personally have used orbeez in my soil with tomatoes to keep water retained, they are non toxic and are biodegradable. you can also use other methods but keeping them hydrated consistently is key. you dont want your soil drying out for too long, with the orbeez i can have water readily available to them without drowning the roots and rotting the soil.

Great video, once again! Thanks for making such beautiful videos- they are educational and so pretty to watch!

Luv the MIRROR❤❤❤❤

The look of satisfaction as you eat your meal sells the point of your purpose. Bravo.

Grasshoppers ate every bit of corn pollen I had last year. Most of my corn wasn't pollinated because they made off with all of it. I'm not sure if you know what causes a locust plague? It's when 2 Grasshoppers bump into each other, then turn into locusts. Just seeing you holding one half of a potential plague gives me the heebie jeebies! I plant to cut all the corn pollen and keep it inside this year. 💖

Your music selection is always so interesting.

Looks delicious, I love pasta dishes

💚💚💚🌱🌱💚💚 I can't wait till I can start harvesting from my garden.

You produce a good video style. I'll be back, oh and good info!

Growing herbs is the best way to start people getting into gardening

Very cool idea for salt cellar😁

lovely, your videos recall me Vermeer's paintings, me too an artist and gardener, love the way you do it so artistically.

You are back! I love your beautiful kitchen

Using some of the pasta water can create a bit of added sauce texture. Nice music....love the setting.

My gopher ate all the young tomato plants, sunflowers, hollyhocks, marigolds, bean seedlings but left the corn, Basil and mint alone.

Agreeing with the many other comments that you've done an incredible job designing your kitchen. It's always a visual treat whenever you film in your home. Also want to call attention to those excellent knife skills!

Beautiful video, they are always so relaxing, thank you.

3:30 "... Picking up the top leaf bears you encourage the plant to put energy into producing more lateral leaves ..." Thanks!!

Looks delicious! I'm partial to adding chilli to everything, though! You can cook for me any time!

Nossa amo essa sua casa. Linda em estilo vitoriano. Obrigado por seus vídeos.

❤ thank you

Yes, please. 🍝

Amazing video! Had me glued on till the end. I was soooo excited to see glimpses of the garden in its glory! I’ve always been curious to see the new garden ever since I realized that the building raised bed videos were filmed last year. 🤣 The beans are AMAZING. I paused quite a bit to creep on the other beds and see what else was growing 🙈 so excited for everything. Weather is picking up here, good 85s since a few days. I see growth spurts on so many of my plants. Can’t wait! Need to start okra soon, but waiting for it to get hotter. Peppers and zucchini is my main focus, started both from seed for the first time. Hope some day my brand new garden can be as prolific and sustaining as yours. Hope you’re doing well in these trying times. Stay safe!

Another beautiful video. You are an artist.

You are an inspiration for me to grow.. and my mom loves your cooking skills 😃

Beautiful as always! Thank you!

I’m wondering how you were able to get the direct shot in the mirror without seeing the camera. Sorcery! Your house looks amazing, like it would nourish the soul.

I had no clue sweet basil was a tropical plant! With it commonly being called "Genovese"/with my strong association with basil and pasta, I assumed that it was a European plant originally. I've looked through the origins of many herbs and plants, but hadn't looked up basil yet. Wonderful to learn! Me and my housemates looove basil. I haven't tried growing it outside yet and have only ever kept them as a kitchen windowsill plant, but this is inspiring me to try propagating some basil cuttings from my indoor starts for the summer this year! Seeing your garden in the summer abundance is awe inspiring!! I have only grown in containers for the past 5 years, but have now moved to a home where I can grow in soil. I look forward to the harvests this year!

New subscriber! So enjoying your content! Greetings from Michigan! 😊

Beautiful!

About the beans..... "I later found out that they needed to be cooked better"! 🤣🤣☠

What’s your formal education background - I get the feeling you studied music... so talented! Will we get to meet your family? Are they gardeners as well? I could almost smell the fabulous basil!

I really love love love your kitchen like a lot and wondering what colors were used and where you got your colors from for the kitchen and I’m so jealous that kitchen is wonderful beautiful and where do you get your vegetable seeds fromTruly love your videos and enjoy your music I’ve never seen a kitchen so beautiful this would be my dream kitchen and those containers that you have outside for your garden they’re fabulous thanks for the great videos

Great video !! keep it up

Beautiful color choices for the kitchen! That blue is gorgeous. I noticed your countertop compost bin- have you tried vermicomposting? Any tips?

Greetings, With moving, are you still in Maryland? Cheers, Rachel

I love how those tomatoes are growing so well! But I think I just saw okra in one of your cages. Was that okra?

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Please try vermiculture!! You won't regret it!!

Man. I’m on my 3rd/4th basil plants and I just cant figure it out. I live in a pretty hot and humid place. I have a small plant from the store in a medium container- big enough for growth but not too big. It’s out side on the patio where it gets plenty of indirect sun. I try to keep a close eye on the soil moisture, making sure not to over water it (or to get the leaves wet) but making sure it retains moisture. I feel lie it SHOULD be doing well, but leaves keep getting “bruised” and fall off. It’s kinda growing but not very much. Any tips??

Yup those beans were not cooked properly hehe

I know this isn't a part of the video. But can you tell me what grow light you use for seedlings. I want to know because for my cotton seedlings and I watched your first few videos you ever made and you used it.

Was this from last year.

Love your show but the music is not so good

Can I share your plate of pasta?