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Barbara Segall. Your Herb Garden
YOUR HERB GARDEN
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
USING THE BOOK
JANUARY
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
STARTING A HERB GARDEN
NOTE
Choosing the site
Making a plan
Paths and other features
SELECTING HERBS
ORDERING SEED
Perennials
Annuals and biennials
PLANTING A CULINARY SQUARE
practical project
MATERIALS
NOTE
CONSTRUCTING THE STANDING FRAME
TO MAKE THE SHELVES
THE SIMPLEST METHOD
ALTERNATIVE FRAMES
plants OF THE month
BAY
CHIVES
FRENCH TARRAGON
ROSEMARY
WINTER SAVORY
FEBRUARY
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
PREPARING AN EXISTING HERB BED
CUTTING A NEW HERB GARDEN FROM A TURFED AREA
Double digging
DOUBLE DIGGING
Enriching the soil
STARTING A COMPOST HEAP
CHOOSING PERMANENT FEATURES
SOWING SEED EARLY
COMPOST MATERIALS
practical project
PATH TYPES
MATERIALS
NOTE
LAYING THE PATH
plants OF THE month
CANARY BALM
CHERVIL
PARSLEY
SAGE
MARCH
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
GROWING HERBS FROM SEED
SOWING SEED AND GROWING ON
A cold start
Check seeds daily
Potting on
Hardening off
NOTE
BUYING AND PLANTING HERBS
PLANTING FOR A ROSY FUTURE
practical project
TYPES OF CONTAINER
SOIL
HERBS TO CHOOSE
A POT OF SILVER HERBS
MATERIALS
PLANTING UP THE POT
POTS WITH POUCHES
plants OF THE month
ANISE HYSSOP
BORAGE
NASTURTIUM
PENNYROYAL
SORREL
VERVAIN
A POT FOR SUN
A POT FOR SHADE
A FORMAL HERB TUB
A TROUGH FOR TEA
A STONE VASE OF KITCHEN HERRS
AFTERCARE
practical project 2
SHAPING A STANDARD
AFTERCARE
SHAPING A CONE
plants OF THE month
SPEARMINT
SUMMER SAVORY
SUNFLOWER
SWEET CICELY
SWEET VIOLET
APRIL
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
OUTDOOR SOWING
Sowing seed
Germination
Thinning out
MAKING NEW PLANTS: DIVISION
NOTE
practical project
TYPES OF ARCH
A SIMPLE WOODEN ARCHWAY
MATERIALS
WARNING
PLANTS TO USE
PLANTING UP THE ARCH
VARIATIONS
plants OF THE month
BERGAMOT or BEE BALM
BISTORT
DILL
FEVERFEW
HEARTSEASE
practical project 2
MATERIALS
PLANTING THE LAWN
ALTERNATIVE HERB CARPETS
A herb path
A herb seat
Low-maintenance herb lawn
Table-top lawn
HERB LAWN CARE
plants OF THE month
HYSSOP
LAWN CHAMOMILE
LEMON BALM
LOVAGE
MARJORAM
MAY
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
CLIPPING HERBS
TRAINING HERBS FOR HEIGHT
Creating a hop wigwam
SUPPORTS FOR HERB PLANTS
KEEPING HERBS HEALTHY
Companion planting
Hygiene
Act early
Last resorts
HERBAL FERTILISER
MAKING SPRUCE BEER
practical project
MATERIALS
PLANTING A HANGING BASKET
AFTERCARE. Watering
Feeding
VARIATIONS. Basket for shade
Summer basket
Edible flower basket
Winter basket
plants OF THE month
ANGELICA
FENNEL
GOOD KING HENRY
HONEYSUCKLE
HOP
practical project 2
CREATING AN EDIBLE HERB FLOWER GARDEN
HARVEST TIME
PREPARING THE BLOOMS
USING FRESH FLOWERS
USING PRESERVED FLOWERS
CRYSTALLISED FLOWERS
Flower sugar
Flower butter
Flower vinegars
plants OF THE month
JOE PYE WEED
ORACH
POT MARIGOLD
SUMMER PURSLANE
SWEET ROCKET
JUNE
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
THE HERB HARVEST
When to pick
DRYING HERBS
NOTE
STORING DRIED HERBS
USING ROSES
Petals
Buds
Fruits (rose hips, harvested in autumn)
Leaves
Crystallised rose petals
Rose water
Rose vinegar
Rose sugar
Dried rose-petal powder
A rose bag
USING HERBS IN THE KITCHEN
Herb butter
Flavouring desserts
Herb sugars
Herb salts
practical project
ALTERNATIVE ROSE CHOICE
plants OF THE month
BASIL
CLOVE PINK
FRENCH MARIGOLD
LEMON VERBENA
practical project 2
MATERIALS
plants OF THE month
MUSK MALLOW
MYRTLE
ROSE
SCENTED PELARGONIUM
THYME
JULY
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
MAKING NEW PLANTS: CUTTINGS
TAKING CUTTINGS
Rooting
Potting on
MAKING NEW PLANTS: LAYERING
PLANNING AN INDOOR WINTER HERR GARDEN
practical project
MANAGING THE DYER’s GARDEN
Planting madder
Using madder roots
MATERIALS AND MORDANTS
plants OF THE month
COREOPSIS
DYER’S CHAMOMILE
DYER’S GREENWEED
GERMAN CHAMOMILE
MADDER
MEADOWSWEET
practical project 2
CREATING A COSMETIC GARDEN
To make the pool
Plant choice
When to harvest
MAKING HERBAL BEAUTY PREPARATIONS. Bathing with herbs
Herb or floral water
Bath bags
plants OF THE month
NEW JERSEY TEA PLANT
PERILLA
SAFFLOWER
WELD
WOAD
AUGUST
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
HARVESTING HERB SEED
When to harvest
WHEN TO SOW. Annuals
Biennials
Perennials
STRATIFICATION. Natural
Artificial
practical project
HERB OILS
Garlic in oil
HERBAL VINEGARS
TIPS
Floral vinegar
Herb vinegar for fish dishes
Herb vinegar for roasts, barbecues and marinades
Lemon chilli vinegar
plants OF THE month
ANISEED
CARAWAY
CORIANDER
CUMIN
FENUGREEK
practical project 2
The right conditions
USING LAVENDER
Lavender water
Fresh lavender in the kitchen
Lavender sugar
Lavender bottles or wands
MAKING POT-POURRI
plants OF THE month
LANDCRESS
LEMON GRASS
POPPY
TEASEL
WINTER PURSLANE
SEPTEMBER
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
DIVIDE AND RULE
HEDGE AND EDGE CONTROL
AUTUMN PLANTING
INDOOR HERB GARDEN
Food for the indoor garden
WARNING
MAKING GARLIC ROPES
OTHER METHODS OF PRESERVING
practical project
MATERIALS
TO MAKE THE SACHET
TO MAKE THE PILLOW
TO MAKE THE PILLOW CASE
NOTE
HERBS TO USE. A sleep pillow
A fragrant pillow
Insect-repellent sachets
Muslin squares
plants OF THE month
ALEXANDERS
ARTEMISIA
CLARY SAGE
GARLIC
practical project 2
PLANTS FOR THE TEA GARDEN. Climbers
Inside the arbour border
Outside edge of the arbour
Potted tea plants
USING TEA HERBS
CHOOSING FLAVOURS
Hot tea
Iced tea
Sweeteners
TEATIME CHOICE. Rose-petal blend
Three-mint tea
Tea-party tea
Lemon tea
plants OF THE month
LIQUORICE
MADONNA LILY
MARSH MALLOW
ORRIS
SOAPWORT
OCTOBER
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
HERB HEDGES
Choosing hedge plants
Planting a hedge
NOTE
AUTUMN CLEAN-UP
Tidy up perennials
Enriching the soil and mulching
TENDER TREATMENT
INDOOR HERD GARDEN
practical project
DESIGNING A KNOT GARDEN
PLANTS TO CHOOSE
MARKING OUT THE PLAN
PLANTING THE KNOT GARDEN
MAINTAINING THE KNOT GARDEN
MARKING AN ARC ON THE GROUND WITH SAND
plants OF THE month
BOX
CURRY PLANT
ECHINACEA
ELECAMPANE
LADY’S MANTLE
practical project 2
Fruit base
INGREDIENTS
BASIC APPLE JELLY
Rose hip jelly
Parsley or sage jelly
Mint and gooseberry jelly
PRETTY GIFT
plants OF THE month
LAVENDER
SANTOLINA
SMALLAGE
WALL GERMANDER
WELSH ONION
NOVEMBER
tasks FOR THE month. CHECKLIST
WINTER PROTECTION
Bring tender plants inside
A mulch blanket
Windbreak for evergreens
Protecting with cloches
WARNING
PLANTING BARE-ROOT ROSES
FORCING CHICORY
practical project
MAKING POT-POURRI
Fixatives
Essential oils
INGREDIENTS
BASIC METHOD
COLOUR THEMES. Blue and pink mix
Lemon-scented and gold
Old-fashioned mix
Winter spice mix
HERBS FOR INSECT-REPELLENT SACHETS
HERBS AND SPICES FOR POT-POURRI
plants OF THE month
CHICORY
GINGER
HERB BENNET
TANSY
YARROW
DECEMBER
tasks FOR THE month
CHECKLIST
THE INDOOR WINTER HERB GARDEN
POSITIONING INDOOR HERBS
Air circulation
Aspect
WATERING INDOOR HERBS
FEEDING INDOOR HERBS
PESTS AND DISEASES
HARVESTING INDOOR HERBS
INDOOR ALL YEAR
MAKING A DECORATIVE INDOOR HERB GARDEN
Using herb topiaries
practical project
WREATHS AND GARLANDS
A culinary herb wreath
MATERIALS
NOTE
A dried flower and herb wreath
Mini-wreaths
HERBS FOR WREATHS
plants OF THE month
CHILLI PEPPER
EUCALYPTUS
NORWAY OR COMMON SPRUCE
SALAD BURNET
SCENTED BALLS AND SACHETS
Rosebud and lavender ball
MATERIALS
Pot-pourri sachets
additional plants
USEFUL ADDRESSES. SPECIAL NURSERIES, PLANT AND SEED SUPLIER
HERB SOCIETIES
FURTHER READING
