Book Description
A handbook on herbs with lemon scents and flavors, including lemon catmint, citronella grass, lemon eucalyptus, lemon geranium, lemon grass, lemon mint, and lemon verbena. Offers directions on growing and harvesting each herb, with ideas for using them in the garden landscape, crafts, and recipes. Includes step-by-step instructions for potpourris, wreaths, garlands, topiaries, and lemon-flavored salads, entrees, and desserts. Features full color photos throughout and instructions on how to use in the garden, in crafts, and in recipes.
About the Author
Ellen Spector Platt is the author of several books, including Lavender (0811728498) and How to Profit from Flower and Herb Crafts (0811724484). She runs Meadowlark Flower & Herb Farm in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, where she grows more than 500 varieties of flowers and herbs and teaches dried flower crafts and fresh flower arranging.