VEGGIE PATCH.

Today more people are looking for healthy and easy ways to consume veggies as a part of a healthy diet. That´s why every year at Saint George School we starts working on the Veggie Patch.Veggie Patch produces vegetarian food that are easy to prepare, nutritional, and delicious. This year Pandas class plant Basil and Parsley. Some information we need to know about Basil properties.

Basil (Ocimum basilicum) (IPA: /ˈbeɪzəl/ or /ˈbæzəl/), of the Family Lamiaceae. Basil is a tender low-growing herb that is grown as a perennial in warm, tropical climates. Basil is originally native to Iran, India and other tropical regions of Asia, having been cultivated there for more than 5,000 years. There are many varieties of basil, that which is used in Italian food is typically called sweet basil, as opposed to Thai basil or holy basil, which are used in Asia. It is prominently featured in Italian cuisine, and also plays a major role in the Southeast Asian cuisines of Thai, Vietnamese and Laotian. It grows to between 30–130 cm tall, with opposite, light green, silky leaves 3–11 cm long and 1–6 cm broad. The flowers are quite big, white in color and arranged in a terminal spike. Unusual among Lamiaceae, the four stamens and the pistil are not pushed under the upper lip of the corolla, but lay over the inferior.
My children were so excited about planting and learning more about it. Now they have the responsibility of taking care of them and visiting the garden every week to see how it´s growing.

Next month we´re going to sale Parsley in our Harvest Day.