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Grow Your Own Herbis in Pots [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 144 pages, height x width x depth: 242x200x20 mm, weight: 690 g, col. Illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 11-Feb-2010
  • Izdevniecība: CICO Books
  • ISBN-10: 1907030204
  • ISBN-13: 9781907030208
Citas grāmatas par šo tēmu:
  • Formāts: Hardback, 144 pages, height x width x depth: 242x200x20 mm, weight: 690 g, col. Illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 11-Feb-2010
  • Izdevniecība: CICO Books
  • ISBN-10: 1907030204
  • ISBN-13: 9781907030208
Citas grāmatas par šo tēmu:
Growing your own herbs appeals to the novice gardener, the small-space gardener, and the organic cook. Easy to grow, low maintenance and inexpensive, herbs are both attractive and practical in the garden. In this book, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell provides all the information you need for a healthy harvest. Start with a reference guide to the easiest herbs to grow in containers, then learn about growing from seed, find out how to choose healthy seedlings if buying from a garden centre or nursery, and get useful tips and techniques on how to feed and deal with pests organically. Over thirty step-by-step projects show you how to prepare your container and plant it up - choose from terracotta pots, recycled containers, hanging baskets, windowboxes and more. Whether you are gardening on a windowsill or balcony, or want to plant a few pots for outside the kitchen door, "Grow Your Own Herbs in Pots" shows you the healthy way to grow a harvest of herbs.
Introduction 6(4)
Getting started
10(26)
Growing herbs
12(2)
Choosing which herbs to grow
14(4)
Growing organically
18(2)
Choosing containers
20(2)
Preparing containers
22(2)
Compost and soil
24(2)
Sowing seeds
26(4)
Buying plants
30(2)
Taking cuttings
32(2)
Harvesting herbs
34(2)
Cook's herbs
36(52)
Assorted thymes in a steel wok
38(4)
Chervil in a fire grate
42(2)
Indispensable basil in olive-oil cans
44(4)
A saucepan of chilli and basil
48(2)
Supermarket-rescue parsley in a box
50(4)
Boxed basil and mint
54(2)
Salads and coriander in a galvanized bath
56(4)
Sorrel in a blue enamel bath
60(2)
Fennel, caraway, dill and coriander in fish boxes
62(4)
Herb garden in a catering pan
66(2)
Soft-leaved annual herbs
68(2)
Parsley in a low Cretan bowl
70(4)
Lemon grass, chilli and Thai basil
74(2)
Sages in long tom pots
76(2)
The onion family
78(4)
Striped basket of rosemary
82(2)
Marjoram and oregano in a metal tub
84(4)
Herbs for health
88(24)
A teapot of apple mint
90(4)
Fennel in a chimneypot
94(2)
Lemon verbena and lemon balm
96(2)
Aloe vera and houseleek
98(4)
Large aloe vera in a pale clay pot
102(2)
Monarda in a coal bucket
104(2)
Chamomile in a wire window box
106(4)
Feverfew in a wire plant stand
110(2)
Decorative and scented herbs
112(30)
Lavender in a window box
114(4)
Scented geraniums in cast iron hoppers
118(2)
Pink trug with red-leaved herbs
120(4)
Catnip in an inviting basket
124(2)
Colanders with pennyroyal and chamomile
126(4)
Birdcage of nasturtiums
130(4)
Pinks in a woven basket
134(4)
A basket of pot marigolds
138(2)
Pineapple and blackcurrant sages
140(2)
Useful addresses 142(1)
Index 143(1)
Acknowledgements 144
Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell grows crops on her city roof terrace and has created an eclectic allotment on a spectacular site in London. She also works a large garden in Wiltshire, where she practises the complementary craft of beekeeping. She is dedicated to both flowers and vegetables, and grows all her produce organically. Deborah has also written over 20 practical craft books, including Decorating Eggs (ISBN 978-1-906094-27-0), Decorating Pumpkins and Gourds (ISBN 978-1-906094-72-0) and Organic Crops in Pots, all available from CICO Books.