Growing basil from cuttings
Harvesting & propagating for free plants next year
Part two:
I am not naturally green-fingered. My approach to growing plants is very much to read a bit then just have a go. Sometimes things work, sometimes they don't, but I always learn something along the way.
I usually grow everything from seeds, and learn by watching the life cycle of the plant. But recently I have become interested in propagating by other means. The first thing I tried was getting basil cuttings to thrive. It was so super-easy, I thought I would make a little film of my method: