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Last week I bought an albahaca (basil) plant.

It's huge, smells divine and tastes even better but I want to know how to look after it.

At the moment it's in a terracotta plant pot on my kitchen table!

I picked some of the leaves off on Thursday and added them to a pasta sauce..the taste was incredible.

I've had one in a pot outside all summer Ally, its done perfectly well on its own so far

Oh thanks Kaz.

Shall I leave it in the shade and just water it lots do you think?
It's seemed to need lots of water so far but that could just be the heat maybe?

Mine has taken a fair bit of watering too, but yours is bound to need more Mine has been down the side of the house, it gets a fair bit of sun but nothing like yours will, so I'd say shade was right

Oh and when it throws up flowers it needs pruning back. Mine will die over the winter if I don't move it indoors but yours should be ok, they like a warm climate

Thanks for that info Kaz..much appreciated. xx

You're welcome Just chucked a big handful of mine into the huge pot of pasta sauce on the go in the slow cooker! Have put a piccie on FB - can't put it on here as I'm having 'issues' wth Photobucket at the moment

I've just been slobbering at the fb pics!

Have put a piccy on here now as you know - I got round my issues with PB. They were trying to charge me for more storage So I've used my other email addy to set up another free account with them

Oh blimey..I wonder if PB will try and charge me. I've got zillions of photos on there.

They can naff off!