With the right love and care for a basil plant, it's not long before you have the main ingredients for delicious culinary recipes and a wonderfully bright addition to your herb garden. But trouble ...

Herb grower Steve Hershfeld first noticed his basil plants ailing in early May and thought the symptoms signaled a nutrient deficiency. Francesco DeBaggio spotted it around the same time and raced to ...

Here we go again with the weather. Just when I feel like I’m behind on gearing up for summer, I’m digging my sweater out of the back of the closet. By this time of year, most people’s gardens are in ...

Although most of us probably best know this herb as a flavor booster for foods with an Italian flare, basil was once considered among the earth’s most noble and sacred plants. The plant is believed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martina Cross / Getty Images Basil flowering takes energy from leaf production, causing leaves to become bitter and bad for ...