Have you ever planted a culinary herb garden? It is so much fun to step outside and snip some fresh leaves from your plants, ...

Grow fresh basil with our step-by-step instructions. Basil is easy to grow as long as it has warmth, bright light, and ample water. It can even grow indoors year-round. It comes in many varieties, ...

East Coventry >> Although winter is coming, it’s no time for local farmer David Ryle to hibernate. He plans to turn up the heat on his herbal tea business during the cold months so he can expand ...

Gardener holding a tray of basil seedlings ready for planting - Zbynek Pospisil/Getty Images For pesto lovers and those who adore Mediterranean dishes, basil (Ocimum basilicum) is one of those ...

The aromatic herb called holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) has a long history as a sacred plant in Indian culture. Its common name translates to Hindi as "the incomparable one" and in English it's also ...

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 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 ...

Believed to have first been grown in the wild in northern India, holy basil reaches a height of almost two feet and has many branches, making it almost seem like a shrub. 3 The branches have hairy ...

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, ...