“If I were to plot my journey as a gardener, it would start with a basil plant from Tesco. I kept it on the windowsill of my university hall bedroom (it could have easily become an ashtray if left in the kitchen) and, when I came home in those cerulean-hued nights of summer term, its sweet heady scent would hit me like a forgotten essay deadline.
That was 10 years ago and, last summer, when I was writing my first book, How to Grow Stuff, I made sure to include herbs – from seed and supermarket – because my experience would suggest that once you’ve learned how to keep a shop-bought basil plant alive, you’ll wind up wanting to grow your own from seed eventually.”
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