Lots of beautiful basil from just two plants (I love these $10 take apart shears ). Want to see more of my garden? The new weekly Fr...

Harvesting basil in the June kitchen garden with my new favorite scissors . Realization of the Day: A few months ago, I wrote a long post ...

Love basil? You'll find links to all of my previous basil posts, as well as my favorite basil recipes, at the end of this post. Things ...

Realization of the Day: It's a lot easier to write off a garden disaster as a learning experience when it doesn't involve your enti...

It's Almost Too Pretty to Eat Realization of the Day: Freshly picked basil always feels like summer. It's the longest day of the ye...

No Worries Yet For This Cold Intolerant Purple Basil Realization Of The Day: Mother Nature is a tease. Or maybe she's simply bored and f...

This beautiful summer salad is so full of flavor it doesn't even need dressing. The way I cooked, ate, bought, and even thought abou...

Don't Cut Your Basil Season Short Volunteer Basil On August 8th (Those bamboo stakes form a teepee for some pole beans that never poppe...

Basil Gone Wild Realization Of The Day: I think I'm just going to let this giant volunteer patch of basil go to seed. I have plenty mor...

The Volunteer Basil I Discovered Back In June Is Thriving Realization Of The Day: Apparently the blister beetles don't care for basil....

Realization Of The Day: I water these happy little basil seedlings twice a day, and yet I can't seem to remember to move them from the g...