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Herb Gardening for Washington and Oregon

by Marianne Binetti, Laura Peters
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Overview

Herbs add fragrance, beauty and practicality to your garden -- and it's easy to grow a wide variety of them just about anywhere here in Washington and Oregon. This book, coauthored by veteran Washington garden writer Marianne Binetti and Laura Peters, offers handy tips and advice on: growing, maintaining and harvesting 363 of the best herbs for local gardens; propagation and winter care; and solutions to common garden problems. This practical book will help you participate in the age-old tradition of using herbs to flavor foods, add seductive scents to potpourris and perfumes, and impart healthful, healing qualities to lotions and lip balms:
β€’ Exotic herbs such as kaffir lime, lemongrass, jasmine, fenugreek and stevia can be grown easily here.
β€’ Edible flowers such as nasturtiums and calendula can add flavor and interest to salads, teas, honeys and butters.
β€’ Fragrant herbs such as basil, rosemary and sage can be used in infusions, herbal baths and soaps.

Synopsis

Herbs add fragrance, beauty and practicality to your garden-and it's easy to grow a wide variety of them just about anywhere here in Washington and Oregon. This book, coauthored by veteran Washington garden writer Marianne Binetti and Laura Peters, offers handy tips and advice on growing herbs: starting, maintaining and harvesting herbs, propagation and winter care, solutions to common garden problems.

This practical book will help you contribute to the age-old tradition of using herbs to flavor foods, give seductive scents to potpourris and perfumes, and add healthful, healing qualities to lotions and lip balms: exotic herbs such as kaffir lime, lemongrass, red valerian, fenugreek and stevia can be grown easily here, edible flowers such as nasturtiums and calendula can add flavor and interest to salads, teas, honeys and butters, fragrant herbs such as basil, rosemary and sage can be used in infusions, herbal baths and soaps.

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With each passing year, backyard herb gardening is becoming more popular. This handy, well-researched guide fills the bill for Northwest gardeners who want to skip that maddening trial-and-error phase that most novices experience. Herb Gardening for Washington and Oregon describes the species, cultivars, and varieties that grow best in your region and offers indispensable help for plant selection, harvesting, and storing. This useful paperback even includes several basic recipes for flavored oils, vinegars, scented soaps, sachets, and toiletries.

Book Details

Published
February 1, 2008
Publisher
Lone Pine Publishing
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9789768200396

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