Basil is considered a problem child among culinary herbs. However, its rapid decline is usually not due to a lack of a green ...

Make sure your plant has the right amount of water and light, and don’t be stingy about harvesting the leaves. Basil thrives in bright light but needs afternoon shade in extreme heat to avoid ...

How to dry basil from your garden originally appeared on Dengarden. 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 ...

Every year, I buy a Trader Joe's basil plant and put it on my deck table, where there's lots of light. Every year, I murder this plant. Sometimes I go out of town and leave it in the sun during a heat ...