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Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide

Name: Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide
Author: Patrick Lima
ISBN: 9781552096246

by Patrick Lima, Turid Forsyth (Illustrator), Turid Forsyth

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Overview

When first published, Herbs was extremely well received and set a new standard of excellence for gardening books. Turid Forsyth's photographs and watercolor illustrations capture all the beauty and detail of these fascinating and practical plants, and Patrick Lima's highly entertaining text is chock-full of clear information, helpful advice and wry anecdotes.

The book covers:

Selecting and growing herbs
Soil
Perennial kitchen herbs, such as horseradish, oregano, bay leaf and rosemary
Annual and biennial kitchen herbs, such as basil, chili peppers and parsley
Varieties of thyme
Varieties of sage
Seeds and sprouts, including anise, caraway, coriander and cumin
Alliums, including chives, leeks, onions, garlic and shallots
Leafy herbs, such as arugula and watercress
Herbs for blending and brewing, such as mint, chamomile and bergamot
Fragrant herbs, such as old roses and lavender
Gathering wild herbs

Special sections outline how to use herbs to add color to flowerbeds and how to propagate, preserve and grow herbs indoors. The book concludes with 16 delicious recipes that make the most of fresh herbs.

This beautiful book combines the wisdom of two longtime gardeners, creating a comprehensive reference that any gardener will enjoy and use regularly.

Synopsis

An illustrated gardening book on how to grow herbs and use them in cooking and teas. The volume is both comprehensive and beautiful.

The Hamilton Spectator - Robert Howard

What a lovely, informative and motivating book this is.

About the Author, Patrick Lima

Patrick Lima shares his gardening secrets and strategies he has gleaned from carving out a garden in Ontario's Bruce Peninsula. He is the author of The Art of Perennial Gardening and The Harrowsmith Perennial Garden.

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Editorials

Maclean's

The book is like a colorful, calming stroll through the realm of summer.

Globe and Mail

Comprehensive guide ... lots of practical advice on growing herbs as well as suggestions for medicinal uses, recipes and decorations.

Chesapeake Home

A must read for cooks who wish to enhance new and favorite recipes with fresh herbs, people interested in natural alternative medicines, craftspeople who turn their hand to scented designs and, of course, gardeners who enjoy tending herbs and are on the lookout for interesting new plants to add colors, scents and foliage to their beds.

Paper Clips

Filled with delightful vignettes and essential advice ... lavishly illustrated.

American Gardener

It is ... herbs as they can be used to enhance the landscape that is most appealing about this book.

American Herb Association Quarterly

A text to sit back and read enjoyably while comparing qualities of different herbs.

American Reference Book Annual

A most attractive coffee-table book, this volume is at the same time an excellent reference resource for the herb gardener.

Hamilton Spectator

Essential... Lima is one of our great garden writers... a literate charming guide.

Lexington Herald-Leader

The striking color photographs and detailed watercolors make this a hard book to put down. But as I read through it, I realized that it's more than a coffee-table book. It contains very good herbal information ... This is a delightful and very informative read.

Appleton Post-Crescent

The informational material in this book is exquisitely complemented by photos and illustrations ... the use of high-quality paper assures great reproduction. "Herbs" is as beautiful as it is useful.

Colorado Homes and Lifestyle Magazine

Herbs provides you with the essential knowledge to build your herbal garden from the soil up ... fun read.

Vaughan Today

Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide by Ontario gardener Patrick Lima is big, beautiful and reasonably priced. More than 100 herbs are covered in chatty fashion, together with tales of Lima's personal herb-growing adventures.

Canadian Gardening

Patrick Lima's graceful garden prose takes a wide-ranging approach to herbs. His observations and advice are anchored in the herbs he and his partner grow at Larkwhistle, their garden high up on Ontario's Bruce Peninsula, as well as those found in the garden of his collaborator Turid Forsyth. Some chapters are devoted to such idiosyncratic subjects as alliums and garden silverware-or herbs with silvery leaves. Turid Forsyth's watercolours and photographs are given lots of elbow room to very good effect. A lovely book.

Paper Clips

Filled with delightful vignettes and essential advice ... lavishly illustrated.

American Reference Book Annual

A most attractive coffee-table book, this volume is at the same time an excellent reference resource for the herb gardener.

Lexington Herald-Leader

Striking color photographs and detailed watercolors ... This is a delightful and very informative read.

Appleton Post-Crescent

The informational material in this book is exquisitely complemented by photos and illustrations ...as beautiful as it is useful.

Colorado Homes & Lifestyle Magazine

Herbs provides you with the essential knowledge to build your herbal garden from the soil up ... fun read.

E-Streams

A high-quality, extremely readable and gorgeous treatise ... The photography by Turid Forsyth is nothing short of magnificent.

Robert Howard

What a lovely, informative and motivating book this is.
—The Hamilton Spectator

Dominique Browning

…may make you think about turning your entire lawn over to herbs…A gardener could get lost for hours in Lima's treasure trove of a book.
—The New York Times Book Review

Publishers Weekly

Leafy, flowering vines and kitchen herbs, seeds, pods, bulbs and all things herbal are showcased in this expansive study. Lima (The Art of Perennial Gardening) and Forsyth focus on the plants' physical characteristics rather than on cultivation: how they look, smell, feel and taste, what makes them thrive, which parts make the best food or medicine. With some basic but not comprehensive know-how ("This 3-foot North American herb [anise-hyssop] wants a place in the middle of a bed of tea herbs or perennials"), the book offers facts and aesthetic appreciation, and as such will primarily benefit cognoscenti. A handful of recipes and hundreds of photos enhance this charming book. (Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.