For several years running my mom and now I grow basil in the garden. It's a pleasant plant which doesn't take over, yet grows nice and bushy when the weather is right. I love the smell when you pick it, take it in, wash it, and start to cut it up. And there's plenty of ways you can cook with it. My favorite thing to do is to make a pesto and serve it over fresh angel-hair pasta. Or maybe on crackers.
