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Article: Herbs are pure pleasure for gardeners.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2006
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Byline: Virginia A. Smith
Kathy Hawkins is crazy about summer basil. She grows it outside, inside, everywhere she can. She even keeps a pot of it on the kitchen counter, so all she has to do is pinch off the leaves, chop them up, and sprinkle them on her luscious homegrown tomatoes.
With every pinch, there's a bonus. That heavenly basil fragrance fills her kitchen for hours.
"I absolutely "love that smell," she says.
Hawkins, 46, is not an expert by any means, but she successfully grows lots of herbs every summer. And why not?
They're easy. They're fun. They smell great and look pretty. And all but the most exotic herbs are ...