This popular garden herb is a great choice, but is it really such a bad thing if it flowers? Here's what the experts say.

As the warm weather arrives, the urge for summer recipes comes with it, and there's no better ingredient to use than basil ...

We have a couple of plants that need to be harvested from the garden this week. One we planted in the winter, and it does not like hot weather. The other thrives in hot weather and needs to be ...

You may even see blackened leaves and other ... plants from Japanese beetles. Keep plants healthy and help reduce the risk of downy mildew disease by growing basil in sunny locations with ...

So, leave it a couple of days after watering your basil plant before harvesting. You should also harvest basil before it’s begun flowering. Once it’s entered the flowering stage, the leaves ...

Basil needs warm soil and warm air temperatures, so transplant or seed after the last expected ... Fahrenheit will discolor leaves, which is why stems of basil picked for use in the kitchen ...