Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Basil leaves close up - Ali Majdfar/Getty Images Picture an enticing Caprese salad in front of you — ripe tomatoes, creamy ...

Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me as he showcases a giant perennial basil plant thriving in his raised garden bed. Discover the secrets to growing and caring for hardy, long-lived basil, and learn how ...

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 a warm-season herb that doesn’t take well to cold temperatures—that first frost can damage or kill it. However, you don’t have to wait until summer to cook with the fresh herb. You can enjoy ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Basil is a popular herb to grow because it's easy to take care of, comes in beautiful varieties, and can drop the grocery bill (especially if you love margarita pizzas and pesto).

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, ...

Gardeners often plant certain herbs hoping they'll help keep pests away. But when it comes to chiggers, one popular garden ...

The mint you tucked next to your tomatoes last summer? It might have been sabotaging the tomatoes. So might the dill. Some of ...

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 ...

Basil has taken a huge hit over the last few years from a downy mildew, which can quickly decimate a crop in the farmers' fields, growers' greenhouses and our gardens. Downy mildew is the common name ...