The Kitchen Herb Garden: A Seasonal Guide To Growing, Cooking And Using Culinary Herbs

Description

This is a herb book with a difference. It shows you how to grow and use your own fresh, home-grown, kitchen herbs throughout the gardening year. In a really userfriendly format, it follows the changing seasons to provide guidance, inspiration and practical advice on cultivating a kitchen herb garden, in whatever space you have available. There is detailed information on how to plan, plant, grow and maintain your herbs so that your herb garden is always productive. Information on their traditional use is accompanied by advice on cooking them and on their health benefits. - Know which culinary herbs to plant; how to grow them; and when is best to harvest them; - Know how to use, cook and enjoy your own grown herbs in your own kitchen. Included in each of the seasonal chapters is a featured Herb of the Month, which includes extended and fascinating information and some delicious recipes. Last but not least, the book also offers you an A-Z Gazetteer of the most popular herbs to use in the kitchen so you can decide which ones to buy as well as which ones to grow.

Author description

Author Maureen Little is a gardener, herb enthusiast and beekeeper. She is a member of the Herb Society, has written for the Society's Journal, and has spoken at a number of Society events. Her publications include The Bee Garden and Plants and Planting Plans for a Bee Garden, together with a number of eBooks on horticultural and culinary topics. She has also co-authored Country Skills and Crafts.

Table of contents

- Includes detailed information on how to plan, plant, grow and maintain your herbs so that your herb garden is always productive. Information on their traditional use is accompanied by advice on cooking them and on their health benefits. - Included in each of the seasonal chapters is a featured Herb of the Month, which includes extended and fascinating information - and some delicious recipes. - Offers you an A-Z Gazetteer of the most popular herbs to use in the kitchen so you can decide which ones to buy as well as which ones to grow.