Your backyard herb gardenMiranda Smith

Your backyard herb garden

Name: Your backyard herb garden
ISBN: 9780875969947

Miranda Smith · 1997

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Everything you need to know about growing your favorite herbs using safe, natural, all-organic methods! Practical tips and advice on all aspects of successful herb growing. A wealth of great ideas and helpful how-to on using herbs in cooking, crafts, cosmetics, health care, insect repellents, and more. Illustrated herb directory featuring all the most popular herbs— from aloe to yarrow— each with complete information on growing, care, harvesting, and uses. "Your Backyard Herb Garden captures all the excitement of herbs and makes them easy to grow and enjoy."—Susan McClure, author of The Herb Gardener "A skilled gardener and teacher, Miranda Smith knows her subject well, writes about it easily, and obviously enjoys the special charms of herbs. She conveys all this in Your Backyard Herb Garden. Her no-nonsense advice on soil building, fertilizing, pest control, and watering is pure gold. She also covers harvesting and using herbs in teas, vinegars, cosmetics, potpourris, crafts, and more. Do try Miranda's rose geranium jelly!"—Bertha Reppert, author of Growing Your Herb Business and Herbs with Confidence, and herbarist in residence at The Rosemary House, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Miranda Smith teaches organic and sustainable methods of growing herbs, vegetables, and fruits at the New England Small Farm Institute. She lives in Belchertown, Massachusetts.

First sentence: HERB GARDENS are a delight in every possible way.