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Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Gardening: plants > Herbs
A stylishly illustrated compendium of 100 herbs, designed to enrich
our understanding of all their uses. This isn't just a book for the
kitchen - it's for the greenhouse, the medicine cabinet, the coffee
table... Award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand's Herbarium is a
21st-century reboot of the traditional herbal compendium. The
visual genius behind the international bestseller The Geometry of
Pasta, she has created abstract forms and vibrant colours to
illustrate 100 essential herbs and to reveal their hidden
properties. From bergamot, comfrey and dill to sassafras, vervain
and wasabi, all types of herbs are covered; each is explained
through the fascinating history of their uses and symbolism. There
are tips on how to use them as seasonings and how to create healing
potions, as well as advice on when and how to grow them. Herbarium
celebrates all facets of herbs and all their life-enhancing
properties.
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Dill
(Paperback)
Michelle Hawkins
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Timothy Tripp is a published author who specializes on gardening and farming topics. Gardending is the passion of his life and he enjoys all aspects fo it.
For Timothy gardening is an endless source of inspiration as well as the way of relaxing. he thinks that a garden is like a painting and it is up to you how well you paint it.
Besides gardening Timothy also has a big interest in farming related topics.
Timothy wrote books on various gardening subjects including container gardending, vertical gardening, herb gardening, raised bed gardening, aquaponics and other. In his books he focuses on giving quality and actionable information to the actual readers.
Timothy thinks that being a gardners is much more than just planting and maintaining plants, it is also a way of living and expressing your attitude to the world. He thinks that gardening is one of the most delightful experiences that exist.
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Gerard's Herball
(Hardcover)
John Gerard; Edited by Marcus Woodward
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"A genius little book! This is a fascinating guide to herbs and
what to do with them - love it!" Jamie Oliver From rosemary to wild
garlic, and hyssop to sea kale, our food would be poorer without
the herbs we grow. Jekka McVicar is the expert on herbs and how to
get the best from them, and this new pocket book is the go-to guide
for chefs and gardeners across the country. In a compact and handy
A-Z format, this guide will ensure you get the best out of your
herb garden, providing details such as when and where to plant, how
hardy each plant is, how to nurture and care for your herbs and
what each herb is best used for in the kitchen. Jekka's own
photography of the herbs complements the text, providing a quick
and colourful reference.
A Garden of Herbs by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. This book is
primarily intended for those who are going to create an old
fashioned herb garden, and who want to know how to use these herbs
as our great grandmothers did: but even if you buy your herbs at
the store, this practical handbook will show you how to make
hundreds of teas, syrups, conserves, pies, candied flowers and
leaves, wines, sweet waters and perfumes from well known wild and
garden herbs that are readily available. Most of the recipes are
taken from old English herbals (Gerard's herbal, John Evelyn's
Acetaria, Coles Art of Simpling and many others) and the author one
of the two or three most outstanding herbalists of this century
adds many more of her own. Miss Rohde first provides a brief
historical description of the herb garden, discussing some of the
major books on herbs that have been written in England since the
Anglo-Saxon Bald's leech book. Then in a long chapter entitled
"Sundry of herbs" she lists the common herbs in alphabetical order,
giving descriptions, recipes, hints on preservation, etc, for each
one. There are recipes in this chapter for such dishes as artichoke
pie, chervil broth, pickled cow slips, dill pickles, marigold
pudding, nettle spinach, sauce eglantine (from roses), tarragon
vinegar, violet cakes and wormwood brandy. There is an entire
chapter on salads made with all kinds of herbs, which includes
recipes for vinegar and mustard. ther chapters cover herb pottages
and puddings, drinks and homemade wines (from mint, currants,
lemons, dandelions, blackberries, sage, apples, gooseberries,
apricots, turnips, etc) and some additional recipes- almond milk,
beet-root biscuits, parsnip cakes, potato pie, and many more
unusual herb foods. A practical chapter on the picking and drying
of herbs and a final chapter on the use of herbs for scents (in
pomanders, ointments, bath waters, eau de cologne and other
perfumes) complete the volume. Miss Rohde's charming presentation
and the ease with which her herbal lends itself to hours of
browsing, will make this book a source of delight for anyone
interested in plants or their lore.
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