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This guide is a must-have book for all garden aficionados. Even if you don't have space for an outdoor garden, it's packed with practical information for propagating, growing, using and preserving herbs and spices in large or small spaces to help make you more self-sufficient with an emphasis on clay pot and container gardening. Each plant profile contains growing advice for each herb or spice including how to prepare the soil, when to sow and plant, when to harvest and gather, and how to use each herb and spice in food. Herbs include aloe vera, basil, bay leaves, lavender, lemon balm, lovage, and more! Spices include caraway, chili peppers, garlic, horse radish mustard, poppies and saffron. Full-color photos of the herbs and spices with recipes for each one accompany each plant including Aloe Vera Juice, Candied Angelica, Tomato and Basil Salad, Bouquet Garni and Blackberry and Apple Crumble. Become more self-sufficient and bond with nature by growing your own food, including your herbs and spices.

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9781504801362

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A treasure chest of herb information. - David Squire, author of A Guide to Wild Food Foraging

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Linda Gray is a health and fitness journalist in London, and currently editor of the BBC's women's magazine, eve. She has also held editorial positions at Family Circle and Good Housekeeping magazines.

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