With the right love and care for a basil plant, it's not long before you have the main ingredients for delicious culinary recipes and a wonderfully bright addition to your herb garden. But trouble ...

There are lots of reasons to plant basil in your garden. In addition to warding off bothersome flies, this flowering herb can draw bees that pollinate flowering vegetables such as zucchini. To help ...

Grab your snips and learn how to prune basil to delay flowering and encourage more flavorful leaves to grow. Harvesting and ...

Basil is generally a breeze to care for, often left on its own in a pot. Yet without a specific quick action, it won't basil won't flourish as expected. When the temperatures rise, basil is prone to ...

Knowing how to grow fresh basil is paramount in the culinary world (or really anyone with functional taste buds)—the dried version just doesn’t compare to the zesty, peppery flavors in its vibrant ...

Harvest healthy basil all season long.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One of the many pleasures and essences of the outdoor growing season is basil. What other edible herb breathes so much flavor and summer sunshine into a dish ...

Basil tends to be straightforward to keep alive, so many people leave it alone to sit in a pot. However, it will not flourish properly unless you take a few seconds to do a very simple task. Once the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Basil is a popular herb to grow because it's easy to take care of, comes in beautiful varieties, and can drop the grocery bill (especially if you love margarita pizzas and pesto).

Basil is an annual and a member of the mint family. It prefers full sun, but will tolerate partial shade. It likes the heat, but it doesn’t tolerate the cold. Basil prefers moist, well-drained soil, ...