There are lots of reasons to plant basil in your garden. In addition to warding off bothersome flies, this flowering herb can draw bees that pollinate flowering vegetables such as zucchini. To help ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One of the many pleasures and essences of the outdoor growing season is basil. What other edible herb breathes so much flavor and summer sunshine into a dish ...

Basil is a tender annual herb that thrives in warm, sunny conditions and well-draining soil. Regular pruning and pinching encourages bushier growth and a continuous harvest throughout the summer.

The recent hot weather has been brutal, and it's taken its toll on many of the culinary herbs that prefer milder weather, such as chervil, chives, cilantro, dill, French tarragon, lavender, parsley, ...

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 ...

If you enjoy growing and cooking with fresh herbs, basil is the prime summer herb for New Orleans gardens. Grown and used in cuisines around the world, basil is indispensable to our local dishes as ...

Of all the herbs, basil is most likely to be crowned prom queen. But for all of basil's understandable popularity, it is also flighty. Fresh basil (note that we're not talking about the skunky-tasting ...