Basil makes an amazing addition to stews, salads, sandwiches, mashed potatoes and even things like strawberries and ice cream, and luckily it's pretty easy to grow! When you get some basil seeds, poke them about a centimetre deep in soaked soil, indoors, from about springtime to the middle of summer. If you lightly cover them with soil you should see germination about a fortnight after that.
A month and a half after that, move the seedlings and their containing soil into three inch pots, and then transplant them into larger pots when they reach about five to six inches in height. They do best in direct sunshine, away from wind and rain, so keeping them indoors will get the best results.
Frost, cold and dry weather are all quite bad for basil.
They tend to be quite thirsty too, so make sure the soil in which they are planted is kept damp. Even indoors little aphids can find them and start to feed, but a splash of soapy water will move them along. Fly catching strips will also stop aphids before they land.
Once the plants are fully grown, they're ready to harvest, but only take the largest and oldest leaves – then give the plant an opportunity to recover, so don't harvest too often.
Enjoy your garden!
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