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This episode covers the essentials of basil cultivation, including soil preparation, planting, and care tips, featuring guest Rose Loveall-Sale from Morningsun Herb Farm.
In this episode, we discuss the essentials of basil cultivation, highlighting the basil basics for home gardens. We cover basil soil preparation, planting, timing, and a few of the various flavorful basil varieties such as Sweet, Thai, and cinnamon basil. We include basil care tips such as watering, fertilization, and pest management. Special guest Rose Loveall-Sale from Morningsun Herb Farm shares her knowledge about basil’s cultural significance and culinary uses, as well as sharing her vast knowledge of even more basil varieties. Her audio was taken from her how-to basil video on YouTube , because this week she was busy getting ready for Morningsun Herb Farm’s annual open house day , on Saturday, May 2, an event that features speakers, vendors, crafts, demonstrations, and informational booths (including the Solano County Master Gardeners) at the nursery outside Vacaville, in the San Francisco Bay Area. More links and pictures about basil in today’s podcast transcript! ALL ABOUT BASIL - THE PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Farmer Fred: [0:00] If there’s one herb that practically begs to be grown at home, it has to be basil. The good news? It’s not fussy at all. It just wants what most of us…
People in this episode
Host: Farmer Fred
Guest: Rose Loveall-Sale
Topics covered
- basil cultivation
- home gardening
- basil varieties
- plant care
- culinary uses
Keywords
- basil
- cultivation
- home garden
- varieties
- care tips
- pest management
- culinary uses
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Morningsun Herb Farm
Places: Vacaville, San Francisco Bay Area
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