Growing & Using Herbs Successfully

by Betty E.M. Jacobs

Book Overview

Bursting with straightforward information on growing and using herbs, this illustrated guide will help you cultivate and maintain a thriving and fragrant garden. Betty E. M. Jacobs draws on years of experience running a commercial herb farm to provide clear instructions for planting, propagating, harvesting, drying, freezing, and storing 64 popular herbs. Whether you're interested in keeping a few container plants or want to start a profitable business growing herbs, you'll benefit from the expert advice in this practical guide.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088266249X
• ISBN13: 9780882662497
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

best book to get you planting

I've had my own copy of this book for years and recently purchased another copy for a friend who wants to plant her own herbs. The book describes many herbs, how to plant, harvest and store them.

Great Information for Growing Herbs

The propagation and growing instructions are clear and quite useful for the beginner. The author expands on those to growing in quantity for sale to restaurants or to sell potted plants. One chapter gives ideas (bath perfumes, herb sachets, etc.) for herbal products to market, but readers will need other books to detail making these or else develop their own recipes from trial and error. A final chapter gives Points-To-Remember for building a successful herb business.