Regularly harvesting basil helps the plant stay bushy, healthy, and productive for a longer growing season. Pick leaves by gently pinching from the top down, which encourages fuller growth and ...

There is nothing quite like the smell of fresh basil. It instantly transports you to a warm Italian kitchen or a sunny summer ...

A key guideline for planting basil outdoors is to monitor the temperature. For seeds to germinate, basil needs soil between ...

If you love pesto, a basil plant can feed you for many dinners. Here's when and how you should trim back your basil plants to ...

Although fresh basil is now available in supermarkets year-round, it’s not the same as being able to go into your own backyard (or turn to the planter on your windowsill) and picking a few leaves when ...

Try propagating basil in both water and soil. Basil needs indirect light, clean water, and a humid environment to grow. Propagate basil between late spring and end of summer. If you're growing a ...

When you grow it yourself, basil is can introduce so much to your cooking. For best advice, follow these expert tips for keeping it alive, year round.

If you enjoy growing and cooking with fresh herbs, basil is the prime summer herb for New Orleans gardens. Grown and used in cuisines around the world, basil is indispensable to our local dishes as ...

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 ...

The Dicle and Silbe ecotypes showed peak essential oil yields at different times, emphasizing the importance of ecotype-specific harvest timing.