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UNINA9910822675003321 |
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Autore |
Small Ernest <1940-> |
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Titolo |
Culinary herbs for short-season gardeners / / by Ernest Small and Grace Deutsch |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Ottawa, : NRC Research Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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9786610452002 |
1-280-45200-5 |
1-4593-0251-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Herb gardening |
Herb gardening - Canada |
Herbs |
Herb gardens |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Issued also in French under title: Herbes culinaires pour nos jardins de pays froid. |
Issued by the National Research Council of Canada. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Cover Page -- The Herb Garden, Almonte, Ontario, Canada -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Publishing Information -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Disclaimer -- Dedication -- Introduction -- How to Use This Book -- Interpreting a Plant Hardiness Zone Map -- Making the Most of the Short Growing Season -- Pick the Best Location for Light and Warmth -- Full Sun Versus Full Sun/Partial Shade -- Provide Wind Protection and Cold Air Drainage -- Build Raised Beds for Warmth and Drainage -- Choose the Right Species -- Understanding Soil pH Levels -- Container Herbs -- Start Seedlings Indoors -- Use Season Extenders -- Greenhouses -- Cold Frames -- Hot Beds -- Floating Row Covers, Cloches, and Water Jackets -- Warm the Soil with Plastic Film -- Growing and Caring for Your Herbs -- Seeding Indoors -- Last Spring Frost Date -- Seeding Containers -- Soil for Your Seeds and Seedlings -- Sowing Your Seeds -- Lighting Needs -- Water and Thinning -- Transplanting Indoors -- Hardening Off -- Transplanting Outdoors -- Seeding Outdoors -- Preparing for Winter -- First Fall |
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Frost Date -- Providing Frost Protection -- Mulching and Wrapping Perennials for Winter Survival -- Culinary Herb Compendium -- Agrimony -- Angelica -- Balm, lemon -- Basil, sweet -- Bergamot -- Borage -- Caraway -- Catnip -- Chamomile, German and Roman -- Chervil -- Chives -- Cicely, sweet -- Coriander -- Cress, garden and upland -- Dill -- Fennel -- Fenugreek -- Garlic -- Geraniums, scented -- Hop -- Horseradish -- Hyssop -- Hyssop, anise -- Juniper -- Lavender, English -- Lovage -- Marigold, pot -- Marjoram, sweet -- Mints -- A Potpourri of Mint-Like Herbs -- Calamint, large-flowered -- Calamint, lesser -- Korean mint -- Mexican mint marigold -- Mountain mint -- Mustard, brown and white -- Nasturtium and dwarf nasturtium -- Oregano -- Parsley -- Poppy, Oriental -- Rose, dog and Turkestan. |
Rosemary -- Sage, garden -- Savory, summer -- Savory, winter -- Sorrel, garden and French -- Tarragon, French -- Thyme, garden -- Warm-Season Container Herbs to Overwinter Indoors -- Bay laurel -- Ginger -- Lemon grass -- Lemon verbena -- Myrtle -- Sources -- Further Reading -- Credits. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Culinary Herbs for Short-Season Gardeners is a comprehensive, reader friendly guide to cultivating over 50 culinary herbs - including over 100 cultivars - under the less-than-ideal climatic conditions experienced by northern gardeners. Includes descriptions of the herbs, cultivation and harvesting notes, culinary uses, and herbal trivia, plus gardening tips and techniques for cold-climate herb gardeners. |
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