Herb Gardening Books Review
January 18, 2010 by admin
Filed under Gardening Tips, Herb
Gardening and cooking are related in many ways. Both start with basic ingredients and produce something fragrant, aesthetically appealing, and very fulfilling. Growing an herb garden is the perfect way to combine a love for gardening and cooking. Cultivating herbs and spices yourself, and then incorporating them into your cuisine forms a delightful duo. The books we review here will provide you will all the instruction you need for growing a first-rate, useful herb garden.
1. Your Backyard Herb Garden: A Gardener’s Guide to Growing Over 50 Herbs Plus How to Use Them in Cooking, Crafts, Companion Planting and More, by Miranda Smith: That title is a mouthful, and you’ll love the mouthfuls of delicious food you prepare with herbs from your own garden. Smith writes with an enthusiastic, engaging style that will have you excited about the possibilities. Her detailed explanations make growing healthy, productive herbs easy and fun. Helpful sections on soil preparation, fertilizing, irrigating, and preparing harvested herbs for use are worth the price of the book. Bonus material covers employing herbs outside the kitchen, in potpourri, cosmetics, crafts and more.
2. The Herb Gardener: A Guide for All Seasons, by Susan McClure: Practical and inspiring, this guide offers clear instructions illustrated with generously provided color photographs and drawings. Solid basics about herb cultivation are covered before McClure turns to a discussion of maintaining outdoor and indoor herb gardens that will keep you in fresh herbs all the year round. Herb garden designs that feature beauty and accessibility are included. The section on dividing your plants offers you the opportunity to share your hobby with family and friends, giving them a memorable gift they’ll appreciate with each herb-enhanced meal!
3. The Complete Book of Herbs: A Practical Guide to Growing and Using Herbs, by Lesley Bremness: This full-color best seller is a gold mine of practical advice, beginning with clear explanation of how to plan a design a productive herb garden. All the details of planting, nurturing, and harvesting your lovely little crops are at your fingertips. Helpful extras include a guide to herb identification, gift ideas to spread the bounty of your efforts, medicinal uses, and fantastic recipes that deliver fresh flavor in each meal.
4. Little Herb Gardens: Simple Secrets for Glorious Gardens–Indoors and Out by Georgeanne Brennan: Herb gardens are as easy to grow as they are delightful to use, and this enjoyable book will detail how to cultivate and fully enjoy your herb garden. This book is unique in that Brennan offers an extensive guide to container gardening, in addition to sound instruction on creating luscious outdoor herb gardens. This best selling guide offers detailed profiles on 30 different herbs, offering instruction on how to grow them, and tips for using them to create culinary masterpieces.
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