Grow fresh basil with our step-by-step instructions. Basil is easy to grow as long as it has warmth, bright light, and ample water. It can even grow indoors year-round. It comes in many varieties, ...

Basil is a real crowd pleaser of a herb: its unique, oily-spicy flavor has been the perfect companion to pasta sauces and pizza for generations. And let's not forget pesto, of which basil is a main ...

I don’t play favorites in my herb garden, but nothing tastes quite as much of summer as fresh basil. Fragrant, low maintenance and oh, so versatile in the kitchen, basil is the perfect addition to any ...

Freeze garden herbs in the amounts you actually cook with, and you’ll be using that last harvest long after the plants have stopped growing. A tablespoon of chopped parsley for soup, a small ...

A little balcony space can go a long way. Gardening expert Dr Mayur Mandrah shares how to care for basil and keep this fragrant Italian herb healthy at home.

Basil is easily one of the most popular herbs in the U.S. It's tasty and easy to grow, elevating even the most humble pasta dish. You don't need a fancy, fully-fledged kitchen herb garden to enjoy a ...

Basil is one of those things I can never have enough of in my garden. It's great for Caprese salad, pesto, pasta salads, and muddling into summer drinks. There's really no substitute for fresh basil, ...

Beloved by many, basil is the herb that thrives during the warm, long days of summer. Coastal gardeners should be filling their beds and pots with the redolent Italian herb now. These days nurseries ...

I grow basil in my garden every year, but before I know it, it always gets eaten by bugs,"Ah, I guess it was a failure again ...

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 ...

Barb Davisson of Spokane has been growing this basil plant in her south-facing kitchen window all winter. Basil loves warm weather and is very sensitive to the cold temperatures we are getting this ...