The complete book of herbs & spices - Sarah Garland

Revised with an updated text and 50 new colour photographs, many specially commissioned, this encyclopaedic manual includes: a modern herbal of 300 plants with full cultivation details and uses; designing a herb garden; planning a garden - choosing herbs, organic growing, propagation, harvesting, drying and storing; cooking with herbs and spices - 200 recipes; household herbs and spices - herbs for potpourri and herbal pillows, for washing and polishing, candle-making and herbal dyes; natural cosmetics - distillation techniques and herb scents, bathing, skin care, herbal hair care, colourants and dyes; herbs for health - safe herbal preparations for relaxation, invigorating tonics, remedies for digestion, coughs, colds, fevers, and first aid.;Sarah Garland is also the author of "The Herb Garden" and the writer and illustrator of the children's books, "Doing the Washing", "Coming to Tea" and the "Sam" series - "Sam and Joe", "Sam's the Name", "Supersam" and "Sam's Cat".