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Author: Michael Castleman
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2001-04-21
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9781579543044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe newly revised and updated reference guide to herbal medicine offers readers sound advice on how to use more than 100 popular plants for healing purposes.
Author: Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 2007-09
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781417796519
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRuby is determined to have the best leaf-collection book in the whole class.
Author: Margaret Roach
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2019-04-30
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1604698772
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it’s a guide to living both in and out of the garden.” —The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is more than a hobby, it’s a calling. Her unique approach, which she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” is a blend of vital information you need to memorize and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. In A Way to Garden, Roach imparts decades of garden wisdom on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, gardening for wildlife, organic practices, and much more. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond their garden borders and to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world. Brimming with beautiful photographs of Roach’s own garden, A Way to Garden is practical, inspiring, and a must-have for every passionate gardener.
Author: Kelly Smith Trimble
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-04-02
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1635861411
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSometimes the best gardening advice comes in tidbits shared over the backyard fence from a sage neighbor. In Vegetable Gardening Wisdom, Master Gardener Kelly Smith Trimble shares her tried-and-true ideas and guidance for finding success and enjoyment in every aspect of vegetable gardening. Trimble invites readers to dip in regularly for bite-sized pieces of information on topics ranging from herb and vegetable gardening to cooking, preserving, and creative ways to use the harvest along with ideas for reducing garden and kitchen waste, all presented in a lively, beautifully designed package that makes a perfect gift and source for daily inspiration. She suggests the best herbs to grow indoors, the best way to start peas, how to use lettuce as a living mulch in the garden, how to make compost tea, how to identify beneficial bugs, how to blanch cauliflower, and much more. Woven in among her tips are helpful and inspiring quotes from other plant-loving folks, ranging from novelist Jamaica Kincaid to vegetable gardening guru Ed Smith and renowned chef Sean Brock.
Author: K. V. Peter
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Published: 2004-03-23
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781855737211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a comprehensive handbook for food processors covering over 30 major herbs and spices. It is introduced with general information about the spices trade, and quality and safety issues, followed by details on individual herbs and spices.
Author: Barbara Pleasant
Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780757000805
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe relationship between people and herbs has spanned the millennia--and what a relationship it has been Herbs have been both our medicine and our food, while their fragrance and beauty have warmed our hearts and delighted our senses.They are nature's pure and precious gifts to man. The Whole Herb is an easy-to-follow guide to the many uses of these wonderfully aromatic plants. The book begins by looking at the history and benefits of herbs, while subsequent chapters focus on their many uses, including herbs and health, herbs in the kitchen, herbs around the house, and herbs in the garden. What comes next is an A-to-Z reference profiling over fifty common herb varieties. Each entry provides information on the herb's background, benefits, and uses, along with helpful buying guides, growing instructions, preservation methods, and safety information. Throughout, insets highlight important facts and techniques, helping you fully enjoy the herbal experience.
Author: Charles R. Boning
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1561644536
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFlorida's best herbs and spices provides profiles of over 90 plants, offering information on cultivation, harvesting and use. Over 180 illustrations and 200 photographs are included, as well as range maps for each species.
Author: Margaret Joan Roberts
Publisher: New Africa Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780864864673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guide brings together an extraordinary collection of over 80 flowers, trees and herbs that not only give a magnificent show in the garden, but also have remarkable healing properties and can be used in cooking and as cosmetic alternatives.
Author: The Garden of Words
Publisher:
Published: 2019-03-15
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780692190463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeyond Rosemary, Basil, and Thyme is a unique book that is, beautifully photographed and well written that encompasses seventy interesting and uncommon herbs. Some of the included plants are cat's whiskers, cape mallow, caracalla, jasmine star, pepiche, porterweed, scented geraniums, and more. Each herb is outlined with history, a description, culture and growing, propagation and uses. You will find herbs easy to use in the kitchen, herbs to grow in the landscape, and many herbs to plant in containers for the deck or patio. It's about fragrance and it is in the leaves or the beautiful flowers. There is practical advice and tips on how to propagate the herbs whether it by seed or cuttings. The book has many tasty recipes and how-to directions for herbal projects! What sets this book apart from others are the interesting plant stories written by the person who discovered the herb, or who is a specialist about the plant. Discoveries were made around the globe and some of these stories haven't been told like this before. Whether you use this book for the recipes or growing tips or to learn more about these unusual plants, you are treated to Theresa Mieseler's passion and experience on every page. There are 200 plus pages with beautiful photographs for each plant.Beyond Rosemary, Basil, and Thyme will be sold through Shady Acres Herb Farm website - www.shadyacres.com, Amazon, and local bookstores.
Author: Jeff Cox
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-03-04
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0470174870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis affordably priced shopper's guide, derived from The Organic Cook's Bible (Wiley, 4/2006), gives consumers essential, easy-to-follow guidance on what makes organic food preferable and worth the extra money. The book is organized by food item (over 100 foods total in chapters on Vegetables; Fruits, Beans and Grains; Nuts and Seeds; Meat, Fish, Dairy and Eggs; and Kitchen Staples) in clear, easy-to-use entries, with at-a-glance_information on Season, Good Varieties, Nutritional Highlights, What to Look For, Storage and Preparation Tips, and Goes Well With (suggesting complementary flavors), followed by larger sections on a food's Organic Advantage (i.e., why to buy organic) and Uses, plus other informational tidbits. Accompanying the entries are 100 recipes showcasing the flavor and freshness of organic food. Further enhancing the book is a front section giving a detailed overview of organics, and an extensive Sources section in the back.
