My shabby garden and a fly trap

I have one jalapeno left on my almost dead plant. An intruder planted himself in the pot and is now withering away~

My sweet basil plant used to be our go-to spaghetti flavorer, but after 2 weeks the basil started smelling and tasting "minty". Is this even normal? Any ideas kitchen flavour?

Ever since we started eating bananas, there are fruit flies EVERYWHERE.....so we found a way to capture fruit flies in a ziploc bag (via internet) and it actually worked, but there are still too many that didn't get trapped. You basically put a banana in the ziploc, close, and poke holes with a toothpick (supposedly they know how to go in but not out..lol!).

Still can't comment on some peoples blogs.......don't know what the problem is!

Basil

I bought a hydroponically grown basil at the supermarket, but didn't know what to do...so I dunk it in a cup of water.

Easy Basil Pesto Pasta Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup basil pesto
2 cups macaroni or pasta of your choice
1/2 cup bacon bits

mix... soooo easy right?

for the basil pesto recipe:

1 cup fresh basil
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
dash of ground black pepper

you can also use pine nuts, but I personally don't like the taste of it so I'll pass.

pulse the mixture in a food processor until it looks like pesto!