Grow Your Own Herbs: The 40 Best Culinary Varieties for Home Gardens

Nothing tastes better than herbs harvested fresh from the garden!

Grow Your Own Herbs shares everything you need to know to grow the forty most important culinary herbs. You’ll learn basic gardening information, including details on soil, watering, and potting. Profiles of 40 herbs—including popular varieties like basil, bay laurel, lemon verbena, tarragon, savory, thyme, and more—feature tasting notes, cultivation information, and harvesting tips. Additional information includes instructions for preserving and storing, along with techniques for making delicious pastes, syrups, vinegar, and butters. If you are new to gardening, have a limited space, or are looking to add fresh herbs to their daily meals, Grow Your Own Herbs is a must-have.

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  1. For less than the price of one packet of fresh herbs or small jar of dried, you can have an entire year of them if you Grow Your Own Herbs.A one-stop shop for all aspects of growing, storing, and using herbs. The book includes basic gardening skills, preserving methods, basic recipes such as butters and pastes, and herb-specific information. Some of the herbs described here can be grown on a sunny window while others grow into fifty foot trees.The forty plus herbs…

  2. Grow Your Own Herbs – The 40 Best Culinary Varieties for Home Gardens by Susan Belsinger and Arthur O. Tucker is a wonderful reference to have for those who grow or wish to grow herbs. It is extremely organized and readable. Even if I did not grow plants, I would find the book interesting.One of the best features is the clear illustrations. The photographs are close up making the plant easy to identify. While it is not an all-encompassing book on herbs, the ones selected to showcase…

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