{"id":323,"date":"2023-01-22T09:56:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trippyacres.wordpress.com\/?p=323"},"modified":"2023-02-25T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T17:34:09","slug":"herb-basil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/22\/herb-basil\/","title":{"rendered":"Herb &#8212; Basil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Scientific Name<\/strong><\/td><td><em>Ocimum basilicum<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Growing Days<\/strong><\/td><td>60-90<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Varieties We Grow<\/strong><\/td><td>Genovese<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Growing Notes<\/strong><\/td><td> Basil likes it warm!  Also, if you pinch off the top set of leaves, it will grow bushier and more productive.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Battle of the Bugs<\/strong><\/td><td>Basil is pretty hardy.  Slugs and Japanese beetles might chomp on the leaves, but there is usually enough to share.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fun Fact<\/strong><\/td><td>Basil can be grown year round indoors with the proper lighting.  (We&#8217;ll have to try that!)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Don&#8217;t Waste It!<\/strong><\/td><td>Use basil to flavor all sorts of dishes.  Use it fresh or dry the leaves.  Yum!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Name Ocimum basilicum Growing Days 60-90 Varieties We Grow Genovese Growing Notes Basil likes it warm! Also, if you pinch off the top set of leaves, it will grow bushier and more productive. Battle of the Bugs Basil is pretty hardy. Slugs and Japanese beetles might chomp on the leaves, but there is usually &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/22\/herb-basil\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Herb &#8212; Basil<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-we-grow","no-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}