Complete Book Of Herbs And Spices

The Story

Revised with an updated text and 50 new colour photographs, many speciallyommissioned, this encyclopaedic manual includes: a modern herbal of 300lants with full cultivation details and uses; designing a herb garden;lanning a garden - choosing herbs, organic growing, propagation, harvesting,rying and storing; cooking with herbs and spices - 200 recipes; householderbs and spices - herbs for potpourri and herbal pillows, for washing andolishing, candle-making and herbal dyes; natural cosmetics - distillationechniques and herb scents, bathing, skin care, herbal hair care, colourantsnd dyes; herbs for health - safe herbal preparations for relaxation,nvigorating tonics, remedies for digestion, coughs, colds, fevers, and firstid.;Sarah Garland is also the author of 'The Herb Garden' and the writer andllustrator of the children's books, 'Doing the Washing', 'Coming to Tea' andhe 'Sam' series - 'Sam and Joe', 'Sam's the Name', 'Supersam' and 'Sam's Cat'