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Your Backyard Herb Garden: A Gardener's Guide to Growing Over 50 Herbs Plus How to Use Them in Cooking, Crafts, Companion Planting and More (Paperback)

by Miranda Smith (Author) "HERB GARDENS are a delight in every possible way..." (more)
Key Phrases: seed indoors, fruit leather insert, enclose seed heads, Yield Easy, Ornamental Container, North of Zone (more...)

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"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
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"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

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Rodale Books (January 15, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0875969941
ISBN-13: 978-0875969947
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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seed indoors, fruit leather insert, enclose seed heads, last spring frost date, condition oily hair, morning after the dew dries, frozen herbs, plant spacing, newspaper pots, moist medium, herbal wreaths, divide plants, overwinter indoors, prefers full sun, filtered shade, winter bouquets, combination with other herbs, tolerates partial shade, start seeds indoors, herbal vinegar, average fertility, anise hyssop, chive flowers, prefers partial shade, transplant seedlings

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Yield Easy, Ornamental Container, North of Zone, Medium South, East Indian, High South, Cuttings Spring, March-April Start, Leaves Potpourris

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Modern Herbal by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with Their Modern Scientific Uses by Margaret Grieve in Back Matter
Herbal Vinegar: Flavored Vinegars, Mustards, Chutneys, Preserves, Conserves, Salsas, Cosmetic Uses, Household Tips by Maggie Oster in Back Matter
Organic Gardening (Penguin Handbooks) by Lawrence D. Hills in Back Matter
The Way of Herbs by Michael Tierra in Back Matter

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Beautiful Easy Herbs: How to Get the Most from Herbs-In Your Garden and in Your Home by Laurence Sombke in Back Matter, and Back Cover
Day Tripping by Teri J. Brown on page 128
Herbal Remedies: Dozens of Safe, Effective Treatments to Grow and Make (Rodale's Essential Herbal Handbooks) by Kathleen Fisher in Back Matter
1,001 Ingenious Gardening Ideas: New, Fun and Fabulous That Will Change the Way You Garden - Forever! (Rodale Garden Book) by Deborah L. Martin in Back Matter
Great Garden Gadgets: Make-It-Yourself Gizmos and Projects by Fern Marshall Bradley in Back Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars The beginner's handbook, June 3, 2001

By	C. Arnette "picky shopper" (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've always been interested in herbs but I have very little gardening experience. This book will walk you though all the steps you need to take in order to grow your own herbs. I purchased this book along with another which I've never even opened because this book is so good. Talk about user friendly, the charts are simple and the photos are inspiring. You'll find information on planting, preparing, growing and caring for herbs. Also there's a whole section on enjoying your herbs with crafts and cooking. The section I've found most useful is the herb directory. This is the only book you need to get started.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This Book is Fabulous!, April 8, 2002

By	Marion "dragonfly80@hotmail.com" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

I wish I'd had this book years ago when I first started growing herbs. It would have saved me lots of 'trial and error' experimenting with my herb garden. This informative, thorough guide is good reading for the beginner as well as the expert herb gardener. There are lists of which herbs love shade and which love full sun; lists of what kind of soil each herb prefers; lists of fragrant herbs and culinary herbs. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to start an herb garden or learn more about growing and using herbs, earth's magical gifts to us!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Help to Aid Your Herb Production, August 10, 2004

By	rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Your Backyard Herb Garden: A Gardener's Guide to Growing over 50 Herbs Plus How to Use Them in Cooking, Crafts, Companion Planting, and More (Hardcover)

Here is what one needs to grow herbs -- soil conditioning, pests, fertilizing, watering -- all of them done organically.

What I find really attractive is a chart on each of the fifty herbs discussed showing its Attention Required, Freindly to bugs, Ornamental quality, Container Growing, Yield, Easy to Grow.

There is also great section on propogation, using in cooking and beauty, dried arrangements, etc.

Done in color with great drawings, this is informative book, each page is loaded with info.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A really wonderful introduction to the world of herbs!!!!
This was one of my first herb books, and it really gave such great instructions, I had a great experience and plan to double my fun this year. Read more

Published 29 days ago by T. Steffes

5.0 out of 5 stars EXACTLY what I wanted!!!
Gave me exactly what I needed! From growing seeds to jarring salves, this one has it all!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Everything you ever wanted to know about herb gardening
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While the book doesn't cover as many herbs as I had hoped, it gets to all the major ones. More importantly, the information provided is thorough and presented in a... Read more

Published 10 months ago by Miranda

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete information
A very useful book for the home gardener. A quick guide for growing, harvesting and using herbs.

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This is a relatively small book at about 150 pages, but it manages to pack in a lot of information very concisely. Read more

Published on June 9, 2007 by MsMarieH

5.0 out of 5 stars in love with herbs
I adore this book! Wow! It has all the things I wanted!
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5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS BOOK
This is a great book for a beginning herb gardener. The first half of the book is a general overview of gardening techniques, designs, and uses for herbs. Read more

Published on August 23, 2006 by Carol

5.0 out of 5 stars "Must Have" for aspiring herb growers
Great resource book. Covers all of the basics in clear, simple instructions.

Published on July 24, 2006 by C. L. Service

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