Homegrown herbs : a complete guide to growing, using, and enjoying more than 100 herbs / Tammi Hartung ; photography by Saxon Holt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey PublishingCopyright date: ©2011Description: 255 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9781603427036 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1603427031 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781603427050 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1603427058 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635/.7 22
LOC classification:
  • SB351.H5 H3236 2011
Contents:
An introduction to growing and using herbal plants -- Selecting plants and designing your garden -- Secrets to great soil -- Propagation methods -- Garden maintenance -- Pest and disease control -- Harvesting from the garden -- Making herbal preparations for medicine and personal care -- Cooking with herbs -- Herb personalities.
Summary: A thorough resource explains how to plant, grow and harvest more than 100 herbs and details their many uses in cooking, home beauty and home healing.
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"An earlier version of this book was published under the title Growing 101 herbs that heal (Story Publishing, 2000)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.

An introduction to growing and using herbal plants -- Selecting plants and designing your garden -- Secrets to great soil -- Propagation methods -- Garden maintenance -- Pest and disease control -- Harvesting from the garden -- Making herbal preparations for medicine and personal care -- Cooking with herbs -- Herb personalities.

A thorough resource explains how to plant, grow and harvest more than 100 herbs and details their many uses in cooking, home beauty and home healing.

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