- Paperback: 258 pages
- Publisher: University of Texas Press (April 15 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0292728301
- ISBN-13: 978-0292728301
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 27.7 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #22 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > Regional > Southwest
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Book Description
"Herbs are the world's most interesting plants," says Howard Garrett. "They make beautiful landscape choices, are useful for cooking, controlling insect and disease pests, healing wounds, and are effective for improving the immune system." In this fully illustrated, easy-to-use guide, Garrett and veteran herbalist Odena Brannam offer expert advice on growing nearly 150 herbs suited to Texas and Southwestern gardens, along with detailed information on each plant's landscape, culinary, medicinal, and other uses. Individual entries give each herb's common and scientific names and instructions for planting, growing, harvesting, and storing it. The entries also include ideas for using each herb in gardening and cooking (with occasional recipes) and discuss its medicinal uses. A special "insight" section that offers intriguing, often little-known facts about the herb rounds out each entry, as well as a color photo. In addition to the individual herb descriptions, Garrett sets forth the basics of organic gardening, including pest control, and discusses how to design a herb garden and also raise roses, pecans, and fruit trees without chemicals. Of special interest are his instructions for making teas from dozens of herbs and his list of trees, shrubs, vines, and groundcovers with edible and/or medicinal properties. This wide range of information, not available for Texas herbs in any other single source, makes this book the perfect guide for homeowners, gardeners, landscapers, chefs, herbalists, and health care providers.
About the Author
Dallas resident Howard Garrett is host of the radio gardening talk show "The Natural Way" (WBAP-820) and author of the Dallas Morning News column of the same name.
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Good "all around" herb book,
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This review is from: Herbs for Texas (Hardcover)
I've been an herb enthusiast for 15 years. With my personal home library of herb books reaching over 90 volumes, I've read many approaches to this topic. This particular book is large, full of quality color photos, and contains useful information for Texas herb growers (what I used to be). Latin names of herbs are given (along with proper pronunciation). Mr. Garrett includes pertinent information on planting, height and spread of plants, problems, harvest and storage, and culinary, medicinal, and landscape uses. One of my favorite portions of this book is the "insight" paragraph of each herb's profile. Did you know that there is evidence that alfalfa may trigger lupus in sensitive individuals? Also, did you know that although you can use angelica in salads, the juice of the plant should never come in contact with the eyes? I'd recommend this book for those new to herb growing or as an addition to an already diverse herb library. Mr. Garrett includes information that makes this book worth owning. My paperback copy has been a valuable resource.
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Good "all around" herb book,
By Writer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Herbs for Texas (Hardcover)
I've been an herb enthusiast for 15 years. With my personal home library of herb books reaching over 90 volumes, I've read many approaches to this topic. This particular book is large, full of quality color photos, and contains useful information for Texas herb growers (what I used to be). Latin names of herbs are given (along with proper pronunciation). Mr. Garrett includes pertinent information on planting, height and spread of plants, problems, harvest and storage, and culinary, medicinal, and landscape uses. One of my favorite portions of this book is the "insight" paragraph of each herb's profile. Did you know that there is evidence that alfalfa may trigger lupus in sensitive individuals? Also, did you know that although you can use angelica in salads, the juice of the plant should never come in contact with the eyes? I'd recommend this book for those new to herb growing or as an addition to an already diverse herb library. Mr. Garrett includes information that makes this book worth owning. My paperback copy has been a valuable resource.
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Wonderful book worth every penny,
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This review is from: Herbs for Texas (Hardcover)
I was delighted to open this book and find so much detail on each herb including culinary, medicinal, and tea uses. The book also has plenty of photographs as well. Meticulously well researched and organized, I recommend this book be on every gardener's bookshelf. If you can only have one book on the subject, buy this one. It is as complete a reference source as you could probably find anywhere. I live in Texas and have started growing vegetables in my retirement. This book allows me to diversify and now plant herbs in the garden with confidence. It has saved me from many hours of research and many years of trial and error. Best money I have spent in quite a while.
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