If you want your basil to grow all summer long, you need to cut it back. Here’s how #gardening #basil #herbs | Wyse Guide

Have you noticed your basil plant flowering🌸? Don’t panic! This is a normal part of the basil plant’s life cycle, but it can mean that your harvest is coming to a close if you don’t act fast. What’s happening when the basil plant flowers (or “bolts”) is that the plant is shifting from leaf production to reproduction. Once those flowers are pollinated, they’ll give way to seed pods that you can harvest once they turn brown 💫. While the idea of supporting pollinators and collecting your own basi

8 Incredible Benefits of Basil Leaves

Surprising Health Benefits of Basil (The King of Herbs) | Dr Alan Mandell, DCBasil is the King of herbs...Basil is a powerful antioxidant. It's full of polyphenolic flavonoids, which shield much of the body's structures from cell-damaging free radicals. Free radicals can cause a lot of problems such as oxidizing cholesterol in your bloodstream, where it builds up in your arteries and raises your risk of stroke and heart attack.Basil acts as an Anti-Inflammatory, it consists of powerful essential