A plain-English guide to the world of herb gardening Starting an herb garden isn't free, but it certainly outweighs the growing costs of buying retail herbs. Plus, adding homegrown ingredients to your meals is a healthy and tasty way to improve upon any dish you whip up at home. This friendly, hands-on guide is an excellent introduction to the world of herb gardening. It gives you tips and advice to grow a thriving herb garden that will add depth and flavor to home-cooked meals-as well as boost your health. How to choose, plant, and care for herbs Covers ready-made versus homemade soil mixes, starting plants from seeds, and other fundamentals How to prevent insects, pests, and diseases from invading your containers Over 30 herb recipes for everyday uses, including rubs, marinades, beauty products, and more Whether you're interested in getting step-by-step instructions for starting on your first herb garden or already have one and want to learn new tips and techniques, Herb Gardening For Dummies, 2nd Edition has you covered!

Garden-fresh herbs impart flavor and fragrance that dried, packaged products simply can’t. Now, anyone with access to a few square yards of soil (or even a sunny patio or windowsill) can enjoy the punch and pungency that only come from fresh herbs, hand-picked from the garden. Herb Gardening from the Ground Up demonstrates how to design, seed, and nurture 38 culinary herb gardens that are delightful to the eye as well the palate. Designed to supply herbs for a wide range of flavors as well as a pleasing balance of colors, there are gardens to suit every taste and cooking trend, including a French chef’s repertoire, an Italian trattoria’s menu, the aromatic seasonings of Asia, the closer-to-home flavors of American barbecue, and the piquant profiles for a Tex-Mex feast. There are herbs for flavoring fish and game, soups and salads, bread and other baked goods, and, for the mixologists among us, even herbs for the home cocktail bar. Herb Gardening from the Ground Up offers historical insight, provides starting-from-scratch, season-to-season basics for planting in the present, and looks forward to the bright future of urban and suburban growing trends.

Herbs are some of the most versatile plants in the world. They grow in the worst type of soil, are drought tolerant and require very little maintenance. Use them to flavor all kinds of foods, make skin and hair care products of your own, enhance your vegetable garden, cure common ailments, clean your home and make it smell wonderful. It sounds almost too good to be true, but this book will give you the inside story on how to use these wonderful plants and save money along with keeping harmful chemicals away from your home, children, pets and yourself. About the Expert Deborah C. Harding watched and helped her Mom and Dad in an extensive garden and learned all about using herbs from her Grandmother. She and her late husband grew over 250 varieties of herbs, vegetables and flowers in their tiny city lot and proved that gardening with herbs can be addicting, but it is a good addiction. She supplied the neighborhood with herbs for cooking, curing, scenting, cleaning and more. She currently resides in NE Ohio and has become a teacher to her two grown daughters, a grandson and anyone else who wants to learn about herbs. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

Are you a chef or a cook that enjoys using different types of herbs in your cooking? Wouldn't you like to have your own herbs in abundance and always have a stash available every time you are in the kitchen? You can create your own herb garden, now is the time to consider having one in your backyard.