Herb Gardening from the Ground Up: Everything You Need to Know about Growing Your Favorite Herbs

330 Pages·2012·7.21 MB·English

by  Sal Gilbertie

Copyright © 2012 by Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan
Illustrations © 2012 by Lauren Jarrett All rights reserved.
This is a revised edition, with new illustrations, of a work originally published in the United
States as Herb Gardening at Its Best by Atheneum Publishers in 1978.
Published in the United States by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a
division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gilbertie, Sal.
Herb gardening from the ground up : everything you need to know about growing your
favorite herbs / Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. Herb gardening. 2. Herb gardens. I. Sheehan, Larry. II. Title. III. Title: Everything you need to
know about growing your favorite herbs.
SB351.H5G545 2012
635′.7—dc23
2011027436
eISBN: 978-1-60774080-3
Cover by Katy Brown
Cover photographs © Rachel Weill/Media Bakery (right) and Ron Levine/Media Bakery (left)
v3.1
For Giovanni de Bernardone, who taught me
to thank God every day for the
wondrous gift of herbs.
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
I. HERBS ARE FOR EVERYONE
Herbs: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Stalking the Elusive Pink Hyssop
Four Facts of Herb Life
II. BUILDING THE FIRST GARDEN
Starting from Scratch
What You’ll Need to Start Herbs from Seed Indoors
Cluster Sowing Indoors
Spot Sowing Indoors
Cluster and Row Sowing Outdoors
Making Divisions of Spreading Perennials
Taking Cuttings of Single-Stemmed Perennials
Take Your Choice: Herbs for All Seasons and Reasons
Maintaining the First Garden
Harvesting and Storing Herbs
Steps to Take for the Second Spring
Bringing Herb Plants Indoors
III. HERB GARDEN PLANS
How to Use the Plans
Culinary Garden: Year One
Culinary Garden: Year Two
Culinary Garden: Year Three
Trattoria Garden
Taste of Asia Garden
Tex-Mex Garden
French Chef Garden
Annual Garden
Perennial Garden
Mint Garden
Sage Garden
Thyme Garden
Basil Garden
Allium Garden
Salad Garden
Tea Garden
Soup Garden
Bread Garden
Breakfast Garden
Fish & Game Garden
Cake & Cookie Garden
Home Bar Garden
Potpourri Garden
Pest Repellent Garden
Honeybee Garden
Medicinal Herb Garden
Dyer’s Garden
Colonial Garden
Scented Geranium Garden
White-Flowering Herb Garden
Yellow- & Orange-Flowering Herb Garden
Pink- & Red-Flowering Herb Garden
Blue- & Purple-Flowering Herb Garden
Silver Garden
Christmas Wreath Garden
Shady Garden
Cottage Garden
Free-Form Cottage Garden
Container Herb Gardens
IV. HERB CULTURE GUIDE
How to Use the Culture Guide
Harvesting & Storing the 15 Basic Herbs
Start from Scratch Schedule
Sources
About the Authors
Index