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 ...

Few things spice up a dish — or, for that matter, an herb garden — like basil. With flavor profiles that include sweet, spicy and even citrusy, the herbaceous staple is a favorite of both growers and ...

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 ...