The Herb and Spice Book

by SarahGarland (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1979

  $6.66

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $4.22

  A beautifully illustrated and researched exploration of herbs and spices: their history, cultivation and uses, both familiar and forgotten. The comprehensive modern herbal lists nearly 300 plants and is complemented by delicate botanical watercolours. Instructions on growing and harvesting herbs, whether in a garden or a window box, are supplemented with practical applications: herbs in cooking, natural cosmetics, herbal remedies and other household uses - dyes, soaps, potpourris and pomanders. The book is illustrated throughout with more than 300 specially commissioned colour photographs and step-by-step diagrams. Sarah Garland's original approach and familiarity with the plants she describes make this a book to be used, enjoyed and treasured.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $4.60

  Revised with an updated text and 50 new colour photographs, many specially commissioned, this encyclopaedic manual includes: a modern herbal of 300 plants with full cultivation details and uses; designing a herb garden; planning a garden - choosing herbs, organic growing, propagation, harvesting, drying and storing; cooking with herbs and spices - 200 recipes; household herbs and spices - herbs for potpourri and herbal pillows, for washing and polishing, candle-making and herbal dyes; natural cosmetics - distillation techniques and herb scents, bathing, skin care, herbal hair care, colourants and dyes; herbs for health - safe herbal preparations for relaxation, invigorating tonics, remedies for digestion, coughs, colds, fevers, and first aid. Sarah Garland is also the author of The Herb Garden and the writer and illustrator of the children's books, Doing the Washing , Coming to Tea and the Sam series - Sam and Joe , Sam's the Name , Supersam and Sam's Cat .