2007/03/01 This book features both common and hard-to-find fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices and bamboo for Southwest Florida. It includes fruiting trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, fruiting vines, brambles, tropical vegetables, herbs, spices, bamboo, tropical and subtropical fruit tree ripening chart,...
1997/01/01 An indispensable guide to cooking with herbs and other flavor-enhancing plants; includes line drawings.Millie Owen was a New Yorker transplanted to rural Vermont. She arrived in the country knowing little about growing things but dug into the subject with enthusiastic dedication, teaching herself...
An illustrated sourcebook to these all-important cooking ingredients includes information on more than two hundred herbs, spices, essences, edible flowers and leaves, aromatics, vinegars, oils, teas, and coffees. 25,000 first printing.
Gardeners everywhere love herbs for the wonderful flavors they add to food, the beauty they lend to the garden, and for their many uses in crafts and as home remedies. This hands-on guide shows how anyone can successfully grow a wide range of more than 90 herbs in the back yard. Features a...
1990/01/01 Describes the characteristics and uses of more than ninety herbs, offers advice on their cultivation and harvesting, and includes recipes featuring herbs.Herbs povides easy to follow recipes for everything from cooking to making your own natural beauty preparations, plus inspirational ideas for...
1993/01/01 An illustrated guide to herbs, their medicines and magic reveals the mystical and spiritual associations of herbs, to rekindle our natural and traditional links with these remarkable plants. A classic herbal book to consult and enjoy for years to come.
1987/01/01 This book is a veritable treasure-trove of garden, landscaping and herbal information and lore, presenting a variety of landscaping designs complete with layout plans. James Adams includes descriptions of the more than 600 herbs incorporated in the plans, recipes, medicinal uses, cultural...
1993/01/01 In this book, you will find information on borders, groundcover, trees and shrubs and information on creating a design suited to you and your home. Your eyes will be opened to some new and exciting ways in which herbs can complement your environmental. 80 pages, illustrated
This book explores some of the herbal beliefs and practices of the ancient Greeks and Romans that probably influenced the occupants of the Villa dei Papiri whose spendid house and garden are recreated in Malibu.