We have had an extraordinarily warm fall. Rosemary will generally bloom twice a year; once in the spring and then again in the fall. But this year has been so warm that the rosemary in the herb garden at Rutgers Gardens is still blooming in December.

At home, my basil cuttings are doing so well that one has started to bloom.

It will be time for a haircut soon. I want to keep the cuttings pruned so that they don’t get too tall and leggy.