How to harvest basil

If you're a fan of fresh herbs, this quick and easy method will teach you how to harvest basil at home like a pro. No fancy gardening skills needed.

Your beautiful new basil plant is calling your name. With large leaves and an aroma that has inspired your menu for the week, you can’t wait to start harvesting. But you are unsure how to pick basil leaves while ensuring your plant continues to thrive?

If you're wondering what to do with basil from the garden after you harvest it, here are two great ideas. These are some of our favorite things to do with basil that are super easy to do, to make it last much longer.

Three simple tips to preserve your basil.

Harvest and store basil leaves and stems for use year-roundBasil is best harvested in the morning during the summer months, and we're here to show you how. With the help of plant specialists from Artemisia Nursery, we've got you covered...

Here's how to harvest fresh basil straight from the plant for delicious, aromatic flavour and still leave your plant healthy and productive.

Find out how to grow basil from seed in a pot indoors or outside as well as how to grow basil from cuttings and tips on how to water basil.

Patrick Vernuccio on Instagram: "How do you harvest your Basil? 🌱 Here is how to harvest it correctly so that it regrows 💚 Harvesting your Basil leaf by leaf will prevent your Basil from regrowing new leaves…that’s a pity! Because out of one plant, if you cut correctly above a set of leaves, it will create two new stems growing lots of new leaves. Repeat the process over and over again and you will obtain a bushy Basil plant growing leaves on many new stems! So to harvest, always cut…

Do you have more basil in your garden then you can possibly use? There are so many ways to use fresh basil and to preserve it too!

How to harvest your basil to maximize yield Basil is one of the most common home-grown edibles, from backyard gardens to window sills. ... | Instagram