Synopses & Reviews
Nowhere will you find more complete and straightforward information on growing, harvesting, and using herbs. If fanciful prose and personal anecdotes are not your cup of tea (although we can't resist it!), this book will satisfy your thirst for hard-core, unfiltered horticultural know-how.
This illustrated guide teaches readers how to plant, propagate, harvest, dry, freeze, store, and sell (both wholesale and retail) 64 of the most popular herbs.
One of the best and most straightforward works on growing herbs that this reviewer and zealous herb grower has read.-- New York Botanical Garden Magazine. A selection of Better Homes and Gardens and Rodale Book Clubs. Over 113,000 copies sold.
Synopsis
With homegrown herbs come the promise of flavor, scent, healing, and beauty. Open your garden to the beauty of herbs and the rewards will be manifold.
Synopsis
Bursting with straightforward information on growing and using herbs, this illustrated guide will help you cultivate and maintain a thriving and fragrant garden. Betty E. M. Jacobs draws on years of experience running a commercial herb farm to provide clear instructions for planting, propagating, harvesting, drying, freezing, and storing 64 popular herbs. Whether you re interested in keeping a few container plants or want to start a profitable business growing herbs, you ll benefit from the expert advice in this practical guide.
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Synopsis
This helpful guide, beautifully illustrated with delicate botanical drawings, teaches readers how to plant, propagate, harvest, dry, freeze, and store 64 popular herbs.
Synopsis
In this illustrated guide, Betty Jacobs shows you how to raise and use 64 popular herbs, explaining everything from starting your herbs (indoors or outdoors) to harvesting, drying, freezing, storing, using, and selling them.
Synopsis
In this illustrated guide, Betty Jacobs shows you how to raise and use 64 popular herbs, explaining everything from starting your herbs (indoors or outdoors) to harvesting, drying, freezing, storing, using, and selling them.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index.
About the Author
With her husband, Betty E. M. Jacobs started Canada's first commercial Herb Farm in 1965 on a southern Vancouver Island. Their experience running this farm for eight years and a lifetime of interest in herbs led to Betty's book, Growing and Using Herbs Successfully.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Starting Your Herb Garden
Chapter 2: Thirty-two More Herbs to Grow
Chapter 3: A Guide to the Vegetative Propagation of Perennial Herbs
Chapter 4: Harvesting, Drying, Storing, and Freezing Herbs
Chapter 5: Growing Herbs for Profit
Chapter 6: Markets and Marketing
Chapter 7: Growing Parsley
Chapter 8: Growing Chives
Chapter 9: Herb Products For Fun or Profit
Chapter 10: Building a Successful Business
Glossary
Appendix A: Cultural Recommendations for 64 Herbs
Appendix B: Propagation and Pots
Appendix C: Part of Herb to Harvest
Appendix D: Recommended Books
Appendix E: Herb Growers and Suppliers
Appendix F: Noncommercial Herb Gardens
Index