This is the first summer in at least 4 years that I've had enough basil to make pesto. Since I didn't have a fenced in deer proof area, I'd only had a few pots of it growing on the deck and it doesn't grow in pots like it grows in the ground . . not for me anyway. All week I'd planned to make pesto but had to can tomatoes one day, green beans the next and just hadn't gotten around to it. ...