After the peppers our Holy Basil (aka Tulsi) seeds are often the next to wake up.

I love watching them reach out their root hairs and radical root tips to reach for the nourishing darkness of the soil and reach out their first leaves.

Our native bees really love Tusli blossoms so this one not only provides poetry for the senses (wonderful aromas) nutrition and medicine, she also gives back to the more ancient winged residents of this land.

We grow four different types of Tulsi in our garden but Vana and Temperate tulsi thrive here without much effort. I have extra seeds saved from our garden for those two varieties and will be gifting them to any paid subscribers interested i growing them or people that buy a copy of my book.

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(First picture shows Vana Tulsi (Ocimum gratissimum), also known as Wild Forest Holy Basil germinating and puhsing through the soil. second, third and forth pics show pollinators enjoying Tulsi nectar from blossoms in past summers, and last pic shows a Amrita Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) seed just starting to germinate, which is sending out root hairs (celia) to gather moisture from the air (a 3 dimensional atmospheric water sequestration system that utilizes fractal geometry to maximize efficiency).