Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A green basil plant with long stems - Kingsakai/Shutterstock Basil (Ocimum spp.), a widely used herb that adds flavor to sauces, ...

Basil is one of the most popular culinary herbs around, thanks to its spicy-sweet leaves and the way it adds a flavorful zing ...

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 ...

As the summer sun intensifies and alfresco meals become a staple, basil (Ocimum basilicum) takes center stage in countless seasonal dishes - whether torn over fresh tomatoes, tossed through salads, or ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Another beautiful week of weather in April is upon us. However, rain and cooler weather are in the forecast for the weekend. If you get the itch to go out ...

Dreaming of a summer recipe line-up that includes caprese salad, basil pesto pasta, and frosty basil limeade? You'll need a bumper crop of basil to take you through the entire season and, beyond ...

At my condo, my garden is limited to two large containers where I usually grow tomatoes, but this year I’m using one to grow basil so I can make homemade pesto, which I love. Basil is a warm-weather ...

If your basil plant has gotten woody or is producing less and less leaves, you could be making common garden mistakes that are keeping you from enjoying multiple harvests. Fresh basil that grows all ...

In the middle of summer, garden vegetables like green beans are proliferating, but so are pests that like to chew and suck on them. Now, a study in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry ...