Garden-fresh herbs impart flavor and fragrance that dried, packaged
products simply can't. Now, anyone with access to a few square yards of
soil (or even a sunny patio or windowsill) can enjoy the punch and
pungency that only come from fresh herbs, hand-picked from the garden.
Herb Gardening from the Ground Up demonstrates how to design, seed,
and nurture 38 culinary herb gardens that are delightful to the eye as
well the palate.
Designed to supply herbs for a wide range of flavors as well as a
pleasing balance of colors, there are gardens to suit every taste and
cooking trend, including a French chef's repertoire, an Italian
trattoria's menu, the aromatic seasonings of Asia, the closer-to-home
flavors of American barbecue, and the piquant profiles for a Tex-Mex
feast. There are herbs for flavoring fish and game, soups and salads,
bread and other baked goods, and, for the mixologists among us, even
herbs for the home cocktail bar.
Herb Gardening from the Ground Up offers historical insight, provides
starting-from-scratch, season-to-season basics for planting in the
present, and looks forward to the bright future of urban and suburban
growing trends.