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"
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