Basil — Week-by-Week Guide + Interactive Journal (Level 2)

One $30 pot, months of harvests. Basil is the gateway to real container growing — and this guide is built around the one trick that matters: the pinch. Cut a basil stem in the right place and it doubles; ignore it and the plant bolts to flower and quits.

Vol. 06 of the Plot & Pantry series · Level 2 (Medium) — the level opener. The journal runs in weeks now, not days.

Inside the 32-page illustrated guide: a week-by-week grow log from sowing to a months-long harvest rhythm (germination, thinning, first feed, THE first pinch, flower patrol), the three harvest rules that keep one plant producing 3–6 months, why the refrigerator ruins basil, the supermarket-plant rescue, a built-in interactive Grow Journal, verified store links, troubleshooting, six recipes including real pesto, a printable cheat sheet, and honest FAQs.

What’s included (3 PDF downloads):

• The full interactive guide — grow-journal checkboxes & note fields work in Acrobat Reader, Apple Preview & most PDF apps

• The printable pen-and-paper grow journal

• 🎁 FREE BONUS: the Green Onion Regrow mini-guide — grow food for $0 from kitchen scraps

Part of a 3-level path from microgreens to a year-round home plot. Grown by you, for you.