Planting basil is like setting up our gardens for success, from the smell to the help it gives other plants and, of course, the flavor it lends to a myriad of dishes. I truly enjoy planting it and so will you. As you read through this list of reasons for planting basil, you’ll see why …
Encouraging a Bushy Basil Plant If you’re growing basil, chances are that it’s going to be for culinary purposes. Basil is one of the most popular and widely used culinary herbs on the plant, and being able to have a fresh one in your house at all times will add a fresh kick to any …
You love the peppery, spicy taste of fresh basil if you are like me. It is much less expensive to grow your basil easily. Although fresh basil is relatively easy to grow, the best success is when the basil plant is pruned correctly. Let’s explore what the basil plant is, why it is such a …
Rooting Basil I don’t need to tell you that you love basil. That is probably why you’re here! But not everybody has the time or patience to grow basil right from seed. Luckily, there is a super timely and cost effective to grow basil and that is through growing from cuttings! Basil is going to …
Oregano is a low maintenance herb that many people use multiple times a week when cooking their favorite Greek, Italian, or Spanish foods. This herb has a pungent, spicy, and warm fragrance and lends an herbal goodness to tomato sauces, meat dishes, and vegetables. In fact, in some ancient civilizations, herdsmen grazed their goats on …
Flowering Basil A flowering basil plant is a beautiful thing, but it is also quite a meaningful plant-happening depending on why you are growing basil in your garden in the first place. We’ve written this article in an effort to inform gardeners about why their basil plant is flowering, and what you should do going …
Hi there, my fellow basil fan. If you’re reading this article, you’re either planting your own basil for the first time, or you weren’t happy with the last harvest you had from your basil plant. Perhaps you slacked on watering and pruning, or you forgot about fertilizer. Either way, I’m here to help! We’ll be …
Basil can be a fun plant to grow, and when you do it right, the results can be extraordinary. The key to remembering everything you need to know about basil is that it is a plant that likes warmth and likes extremely moist soil. When you grow it, you will soon become addicted to its …
If you have never grown anything before and you want to start an indoor herb garden, every decision can seem so important. After all, nobody starts out planning to fail, and most people want to be successful at this enterprise. Is the choice of a pot for your herb garden that important? Can it make …
Harvesting Basil Seeds If you’ve read all of our other articles about caring for basil – whether it be identifying dying basil, dealing with bolting basil, browning basil, growing basil indoors, keeping away basil pests, or dealing with overwatered basil, and when to harvest basil leaves – you’re probably an expert by now. So you’ve …
Basil is an herb that is commonly used in a lot of Italian and Mediterranean cooking, but the herb can also be used for a lot of different medicinal and practical purposes around the house. Basil comes in several different varieties, with each type imparting it’s own unique flavor such as cinnamon basil or spicy …
Protecting Basil from Cold Basil is a wonderful, tender annual plant that will completely uplift your cooking life if you can grow it in or around your home. However, the more that you learn about basil plants, the more you understand that they are quite the high-maintenance herb! What are they most sensitive to? Dips …
Dealing with Over Watered Basil Just because it is a popular herb, doesn’t meaning that growing basil is a simple task. The more you learn about basil plants, the more you will find just how particular and high maintenance they really are. Basil is over sensitive to a lot of different conditions, and the most …
Browning Basil The more you learn about basil, the more you start to understand that it is actually a pretty high maintenance plant. But that doesn’t mean that it’s fragile! As long as you can maintain the ideal growing conditions of a basil plant, it will reward you with gorgeous tasting and smelling foliage. Whether …
Basil Pests The more you learn about basil care, the more that you start to understand just how high maintenance of an herb basil is. That being said, the flavor and aroma of basil plants makes all of the effort completely worth it. There is something that loves the taste of basil foliage more than …
If you are getting started on growing herbs indoors, one of the first decisions that you have to make is which kind of dirt to buy to fill your herb pots. You can just go to the garden center and buy a bag of potting soil, but if you are the type to wonder what …
Bolting Basil Have you ever gone to trim your basil plant to garnish a pasta dish or a cocktail, and found the flavor of the leaves to have changed? Well, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this event, and it’s even something that is preventable! Your basil plant has bolted, but not to worry. …
Harvesting Basil Basil is truly divine for so many reasons. It smells lovely, looks lovely, and tastes lovely. It is wonderfully easy to grow (as long as you know the tips and tricks) and it can grow prosperously in your outdoor herb garden or indoor windowsill garden! Though it may seem obvious to some, there …
Do you Have a Sad Basil Plant? Gardeners are often surprised by how finicky basil plants can be. Though it is a very common herb to grow in your indoor herb garden or outdoors in your herb patch, there are so many issues that they are rather sensitive to. Luckily, at the same time they’re …
Why Should you Start an Indoor Herb Garden? There is something extremely pleasurable about growing your own fresh herbs and your own veggies and fruit. Though it may be daunting to some people because of the amount of tools, time, and effort it takes, all of that becomes worth it the very first time that …