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Herb Gardening For Dummies

Herb Gardening For Dummies Paperback / softback - 2010 - 2nd Edition

by Karan Davis Cutler

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Paperback / softback. New. A plain-English guide to the world of herb gardening Starting an herb garden isn't free, but it certainly outweighs the growing costs of buying retail herbs. Plus, adding homegrown ingredients to your meals is a healthy and tasty way to improve upon any dish you whip up at home.
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  • Title Herb Gardening For Dummies
  • Author Karan Davis Cutler
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Condition New
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons
  • Date 2010-11-23
  • Features Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780470617786
  • ISBN 9780470617786 / 0470617780
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.18 x 7.4 x 0.84 in (23.32 x 18.80 x 2.13 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Herbs, Herb gardening
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010938831
  • Dewey Decimal Code 615.321

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From the rear cover

Learn to:

  • Choose, plant, and care for herbs
  • Prevent pests and disease from invading your containers
  • Use homegrown herbs to boost your health, add flavor to meals, and save money

Grow, care for, preserve, and use healthful herbs

Starting an herb garden outweighs the costs of buying retail herbs. Plus, adding homegrown ingredients to your meals is a healthy and tasty way to improve any dish you make at home. This friendly, hands-on guide gives you tips and advice on how to grow a thriving herb garden that will add depth and flavor to home-cooked meals -- as well as boost your health.

  • Herbs 101 -- get the 4-1-1 on the basics of growing herbs and the botany principles that'll help them thrive
  • Know before you grow -- make a garden plan based on your unique growing conditions and herb preferences
  • Get down to the nitty-gritty -- discover how to plant your seeds indoors, when to move them outdoors, and how to care for and maintain them as they grow
  • Reap what you sow -- find out how to harvest and preserve your herbs and get yummy recipes to use them in your culinary concoctions

Open the book and find:

  • How to grow herbs in gardens, containers, and on windowsills
  • Culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, and herbs for health and beauty
  • Experts tips on what to grow
  • Design basics for herb gardens
  • The lowdown on soil
  • Guidance on how to choose seeds
  • How to cut and dry herbs
  • Delicious recipes
  • An encyclopedia of herbs

About the author

Suzanne DeJohn is an editor with the National Gardening Association.
The National Gardening Association is the leading garden-based educational nonprofit organization in the United States, providing resources at www.garden.org and www.kidsgardening.org.