With a forward by Monty Don and a quote by Jaime Oliver on the front: "Jekka knows herbs like no one else - let her help you transform your garden and your cooking!" McVicar opens the door to a much wider world of herbs - culinary, medicinal, aromatic, and ornamental - from everyday favourites like rosemary and thyme to lesser-known varieties with beautiful scents, textures, or healing properties, and the book gently encourages experimentation without intimidation. Each herb is explained simply: where it thrives, how to plant it, how to harvest it, and how to keep it healthy for pots on a windowsill or for garden beds. It covers botanical plant names, climate and temperature, propagation, planning the herb garden, pests and diseases and includes a useful glossary. We particularly love the dark purple Shisho which when planted next to green leaf herbs to really show them off. It is now regarded as a chef's designer herb. Myrtle must also become one of your top must-haves, an underrated and underused culinary herb which can transform a summer's barbecue into a Mediterranean feast. Purple foxgloves with their spires are an important medicinal plant but is highly poisonous. We learn that the leaves of a good King Henry and a fat hen are rich in iron, calcium and vitamins B1 and C and the seeds have a gentle laxative effect. Beautiful colour photography and colourful planting plans, 288 very large pages in quality hardback with page marker and covering 400 different culinary and medicinal herbs from Jekka's herb garden in South Gloucestershire.
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