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Autore: | Small Ernest <1940-> |
Titolo: | Culinary herbs for short-season gardeners / / by Ernest Small and Grace Deutsch |
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 |
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