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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 635.7 EAN: 9780875969947 ISBN: 0875969941 Label: Rodale Books Manufacturer: Rodale Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: January 15, 1999 Publisher: Rodale Books Studio: Rodale Books Related Items:
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 Rating: - Great BookThe book describes how to grow, harvest and uses of each herb in the book and it covers all the main herbs and more. Excellent descriptions as well as illustrations on how to do everything so even for the unexperienced grower it would be easy to learn. Very happy with my new book. Rating:  - Herb Growing for the CluelessWhile 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 non-overwhelming, easy-to-read way. Each page tells the reader how easy the plant is to grow, whether it can be grown in a container, what zone it grows best in, how to harvest, propagate, and store the herb, and all sorts of other pertinent info. The first portion of the book covers planning one's garden, planting techniques ... Read More Rating: - Complete informationA very useful book for the home gardener. A quick guide for growing, harvesting and using herbs. Rating: - Concise, but usefulThis is a relatively small book at about 150 pages, but it manages to pack in a lot of information very concisely. It's beautifully illustrated with color photographs and drawings. The first 2/3 of the book includes general herb gardening background and use of herbs tips: how to choose plants, pick the location, general design principles, planting instructions (including some nice tips on extending the growing season), propagation, harvesting, drying, pests and diseases, etc. Read More Rating: - in love with herbsI adore this book! Wow! It has all the things I wanted! - it's organic - it very thorougly covers many herbs in different formats, so you know everything from what bugs they attract or repel, how tall they grow, and what zone they can be grown in - common uses for them: I discovered many herbs I thought were inedible plants that are indeed herbs - easy to use tables I wasn't too hip on all the cosmetic and craft uses - I'd rather eat them, but they're short and may ... Read More 
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