Herb Gardening For Dummies, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Starting an herb garden outweighs the costs of buying retail herbs. Plus, adding homegrown ingredients to your meals is a healthy and tasty way to improve any dish you make at home. This friendly, hands-on guide gives you tips and advice on how to grow a thriving herb garden that will add depth and flavor to home-cooked meals — as well as boost your health.

• Herbs 101 — get the 4-1-1 on the basics of growing herbs and the botany principles that'll help them thrive

• Know before you grow — make a garden plan based on your unique growing conditions and herb preferences

• Get down to the nitty-gritty — discover how to plant your seeds indoors, when to move them outdoors, and how to care for and maintain them as they grow

• Reap what you sow — find out how to harvest and preserve your herbs and get yummy recipes to use them in your culinary concoctions

Open the book and find:

• How to grow herbs in gardens, containers, and on windowsills

• Culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, and herbs for health and beauty

• Experts tips on what to grow

• Design basics for herb gardens

• The lowdown on soil

• Guidance on how to choose seeds

• How to cut and dry herbs

• Delicious recipes

• An encyclopedia of herbs