All about growing Tulsi and Basil at home and storing them

[source](https://www.chezshuchi.com/images/tulsi.JPG) In my Kitchen Garden this year 3 different kinds of Basil are growing. All the varieties of Basils are a fragrant herbs and they belong to the same family Lamiaceae, like mint. Basil is a summer plant and it likes heat. You can plant them in sunny area. Here are pictures and an introduction of the three basil growing in our garden. Tulsi, also known as holy basil or Indian Basil. The Indian Tulsi, holy basil is considered as thousands of year old herb. It is an Ayurvedic herb and has medicinal importance. For thousands of years it’s been used in India to cure many diseases. Indian Basil has small leaves and it is pungent in taste. Here is a picture of Indian tulsi. [source](https://www.chezshuchi.com/images/homegrown-italian-basil.JPG) Sweet Basil, also known Italian basil. It is a fragrant herb used extensively for Italian cooking. Italian basil has much bigger leaves then tulsi or Thai basil. [source](https://www.chezshuchi.com/images/thai-basil.JPG) And third one is Thai Basil. Thai basil is closer to Indian basil in looks and apperance but it is very different in taste. Basil can be easily grown at home. You can start by the basil seeds or can plant a baby plant directly. Basil seeds as well as plants can be easily found in most of the nurseries in spring season. One can plant basil in the ground or it can also be planted in the pots. Basil is a summer plant and it cannot tolerate even a light frost. So if you live in a cold place harvest basil before the cold weather approaches or move your basil inside before the frost.