Review: Fresh herbs here we come!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2014
Fed up with buying dried herbs or paying a high price for fresh herbs? How much work is it to grow your own? Not much! This book will show you how!What's the point of growing your own? The author lists 11 points and expounds on each one. Some points are:Save money * Healthier * An opportunity to learn (I love this point! Keep those little gray cells growing!) * Never run out * Enhance the flavor of your cooking.Guess what? Herbs don't need much fertilizer and in fact over feeding some can kill them! That works for me as I always forget to "feed" my plants. Once established they require very little maintenance.Hints on how to choose the correct container, how much light, which ones to combine in companion planting etc are provided.Basic tools are covered in Chapter 3. In Chapter 4 we learn which soil mix is best and there is even a soil recipe included.Did you know that rosemary and oregano can tolerate a certain amount of neglect?The chapter on the ten good herbs to plant indoors actually contains eleven and they are:Basil * Chives * Cilantro * Dill * Fennel * Marjoram * Mint * Oregano * Parsley * Rosemary * SageI LOVE cooking with herbs but have to admit up to now, not having a very green thumb, have seldom attempted my own. Now's the time to change! Fresh herbs here we come!HIGHLY RECOMMEND this well-written book.