Sentence examples for base of the stems from inspiring English sources
To prepare escarole for cooking, break off the leaves and wash them individually, taking care to remove any soil at the base of the stems.
This produces fungus at the base of the stems or trunks of shrubs and trees and is therefore easy to spot.
At that point, she wraps aluminum foil around the base of the stems to keep out vine borers, and sprinkles diatomaceous earth around the young plants to kill slugs.
Willow is ideal for this, but it tends rapidly to take root and outstrip the morning glory: avoid this by wrapping parcel tape around the base of the stems before putting them in pots or the ground.
550g purple-sprouting broccoli 1 tbsp olive oil Salt and black pepper 40g tahini paste 1½ tsp honey 2 tsp lemon juice 1 small garlic clove, peeled and crushed 1 tsp each black and white sesame seeds, toasted (or just 2 tsp white) Trim any big leaves off the broccoli and cut off the woody base of the stems.
Cut them off at the base of the stems and get cooking!
At the very base of the stem, the foliage is shriveled, a foreshadowing of the plant's eventual fate.
The suckers – strong shoots that grow out from the base of the stem – are even true to type.
With a teaspoon, scoop out the choke, deep in the flower between the leaves and the base of the stem.
