Set yourself up for a season of delicious baked potatoes, crispy french fries, and breakfast casserole with a hearty potato harvest. Here are 12 potato companion plants that will ensure your potato ...

It’s ’tater planting time. And onions, edible pod and English peas, lettuces and cabbage, all of which grow and produce best ...

Just like basil grown in the garden, basil grown indoors still needs full sun, moist soil, and warm temperatures. Fertilizer and frequent harvesting also keep it healthy. Whichever route you take to ...

Muddled basil turns a simple, 19th-century gin cocktail into a modern classic. Prairie Rose is Food & Wine's senior drinks editor. A trained sommelier, cocktail book author, and wine and spirits ...

Volatile organic compounds released by fragrant plants can awaken the pest defense in the neighboring plant. In a recent study, scientists used bush basil as a fragrant plant to improve the pest ...

In the middle of summer, garden vegetables like green beans are proliferating, but so are pests that like to chew and suck on them. Now, a study in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry ...

One of the best indoor houseplants, aloe vera is known for being an easy going, low-maintenance succulent plant. But there’s more to aloe vera plant care than plopping it atop a windowsill and hoping ...

Basil oxidizes quickly at cold temperatures, and shouldn’t be refrigerated. Experts recommend storing basil in a glass or jar of water at room temperature, stems facing down. To extend its life, avoid ...