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The Complete Book of Herbs: A Practical Guide to Growing and Using Herbs

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Author: Lesley Bremness
Publisher: Studio
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

28 reviews
Sales Rank: 56418

Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 7.6 x 0.7

ISBN: 0140238026
Dewey Decimal Number: 635
UPC: 789112052250
EAN: 9780140238020
ASIN: 0140238026

Publication Date: September 1, 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Tight binding. Clean pages. Back of book has some heavy moisture damage. Free delivery confirmation!

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
With more than 340,000 copies sold in hardcover, this essential, full-color resource is now available in paperback. Revealing the enormous potential of herbs, this sourcebook includes information on planting, growing, and harvesting herbs, as well as the main uses of herbs. It also offers an exhaustive identification guide, recipes, ideas for gifts, and much more.

Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Great thorough product September 9, 2008
James D. Hitchcock
Very informative on most herbs. Conspicuously skirts around those herbs that should be used wisely (Cohosh, echinacea, St. John's Wart), but provides plenty of ideas and projects for the more common 'safe' herbs.

5 out of 5 stars

BOOK OF HERBS August 29, 2008
Frances R. Mckenzie (Shreveport, Louisiana)
Great book at fraction of original price. Really helped me out on my trip. Very informative.

4 out of 5 stars

Excellent, but... May 8, 2008
Hans Fugal (Las Cruces, NM United States)
This is an excellent book, but there are a couple of drawbacks. First, and most annoying, is the ordering of the herbs by scientific name. Makes it hard to find the herb you're looking for. Second, it's a large book, takes up a lot of space on the table and doesn't fit on all shelves.

It has served me well enough, but I recently came across 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 and I have to say this is the book I would pick up instead, in retrospect. I may even buy it anyway. It's small, has all the reference information in this one (and then some), and more readily available.

5 out of 5 stars

Superb general herbal (minimal gardening how-to) March 27, 2008
Nef (Urban east coast, USA)
This is a simply marvelous book. It is a mystery to me why it is not continuously in print. Do not hesitate to buy this used from Amazon Marketplace sellers, as I did.

The book is large and beautifully fashioned and produced, with gorgeous full-color photographs not only of each herb, but of dozens of different species of each herb, and of every possible use to which herbs can be put. There are full-color pictures of crafts, teas, household items, massage how-to illustrations, dyes--to say nothing of prepared food dishes; this is actually a cookbook within an herbal!

ONE CAVEAT: if you are looking for an in-depth gardening how-to, with exhaustive planting info, you might want a supplement for this book, which sticks to the basics. But every other herb-related topic is embellished and elaborated on. There are dozens of pages with full-color, labeled illustrations of different "theme" gardens you can plan. Whole chapters EACH on potpurri, herbal cosmetics, dyes, medicines, and household cleaners. Fabulous, unique homemade gift items like herbal-scented beads--that's right, painted beads made entirely out of herbs and plants!

The food/cooking section alone is worth the price of the book. The dishes are fantastic. I have already made the Sweet Rosemary Slices and several teas and drinks, and they are wonderful. Almost every recipe has a full-color photo.

I could go on and on, but rather than waste your time, I will leave you to hit "Add To Shopping Cart."

Money has rarely been this well-spent.

5 out of 5 stars

The Best Herb Book March 9, 2008
Hard to Please
Unless you want extreme detail, you only need one book on herbs and this is it - whether for gardening or for culinary or medicinal insights, crafts or whatever. It's all here - and concise. I love to grow and use herbs and tossed the library my other herb books.

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