YouTube: Grow a Year’s Supply of Basil in 4 Square Feet or Less
In our latest YouTube video, we share how to grow an abundant supply of basil in 4 square feet or less. It's enough to make at least 10 jars of pesto for the freezer.
In our latest YouTube video, we share how to grow an abundant supply of basil in 4 square feet or less. It's enough to make at least 10 jars of pesto for the freezer.
It's Basil season! Let's dip into the Gardenerd archives for great ideas that will keep you using basil all season.
Basil downy mildew is a bummer. But fear not, we have a a solution for basil downy mildew.
Much like our recent lettuce video, we took to YouTube to share our Favorite Basil Varieties. Each year we grow at least 8 different types and you can do. Just want this video and jot down the names of these beautiful, leafy green herbs.
We received this question from David Feldman came into Ask Gardenerd: "My basil has been doing great all spring and now that summer is here the leaves have lots of [holes] in them and some are half gone. What can I do about that?" Without a photo, David, it can be hard to tell what's eating your basil. But let's look at the possibilities. The armyworms have arrived. We found this one on the basil. They are responsible for the…
It's basil season, and to keep your plants growing strong, you need to employ a key garden task: pinching basil. Most gardening books describe how to pinch basil in a way that isn't quite accurate, or at least, not the best way to do it. Our latest video breaks down how and why to pinch basil.
Basil and lemonade are two classic symbols of summer, so it seemed appropriate to make this Purple Basil Lemonade to bring the two together.
This recipe for Pea Soup with Pesto Goat-Cheese Tartines is the reason for making pesto now, and freezing it for winter or spring. As the title implies, spring peas are the main character in this dish.
It's wonderful to return from Italy to find the garden bursting with basil. This is cause for celebration! It's time to make more pesto to freeze for later use. Since one does not return from Italy thinner than one was before one left, we opted to make a vegan version of pesto using almonds or hemp seeds as the "cheese." We found a recipe from the Cafe Gratitude cookbook and whipped up a few batches. It's pretty easy, all you…
Every once in a while it's time to return to basics here at Gardenerd. Our blog is filled with helpful hints for gardening, but we recently discovered that the basics for harvesting basil were not among those hints. So here they are. Basil is a fragrant staple of the spring and summer garden. There are dozens of varieties to grow, but they all behave the same (at least all the annual varieties do). Basil is a member of the mint…