CREATE YOUR ORGANIC HERB GARDEN

"A complete guide to aromatics, from the garden to the plate. Succeed in growing aromatics in organic gardening - On a balcony, in the company of roses, at the foot of fruit trees, in medieval fashion... Ideas to be drawn from the 7 gardens presented. - Garlic, basil, liquorice, agastache... 58 cards, each presenting an aromatic, indicate how to identify them, choose them, cultivate them and use them. - A growing guide to make your plants, set them up and maintain them completes this information. Using aromatics properly... - Harvesting them and storing them correctly (drying, equipment...) is an important step in getting the most out of their virtues and flavors. - Herb soup, salmon skewers with dill, chamomile lip balm... around forty cooking and health recipes close the book. With original ideas for decoration, such as potpourris or scented sachets. Companion plants par excellence, often melliferous, always fragrant... aromatic plants are the fairies of our gardens. As long as we grow them organically, know how to preserve and use them, they generously provide us with their virtues and subtle aromas. This book offers 7 aromatic gardens to create according to your situation and desires: in squares, near fruit trees, on the balcony, medieval garden... It then gives the methods of cultivation, maintenance and the properties of 58 of them. From the most classic - lavender, verbena, coriander... - to the most confidential: agastache, balsam, monarda... Finally, to enjoy the benefits of these plants all year round, this book also provides a lot of information on how to harvest, preserve and use them. 50 cooking and well-being recipes will help you discover how to enhance them: liquorice cream, salmon skewers with dill and horseradish, chamomile wine... digestive herbal tea, tonic lotion, beauty mask... making scented sachets, potpourris.