Culinary herbs for short-season gardeners / / by Ernest Small and Grace Deutsch

• Autore: Small Ernest <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Ottawa, : NRC Research Press, c2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Disciplina: 635/.7
• Soggetto topico: Herb gardening; Herb gardening - Canada; Herbs; Herb gardens
• Altri autori: DeutschGrace
• Note generali: Issued also in French under title: Herbes culinaires pour nos jardins de pays froid.; Issued by the National Research Council of Canada.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Culinary herbs for short-season gardeners
• ISBN: 9786610452002; 1-280-45200-5; 1-4593-0251-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822675003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II