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Over the years-as tastes have changed and fads have come and gone - the gentle art of the herbalist has remained a constant, year-round, source of joy for an incredible array of connoisseurs - from professional horticulturists and accomplished gourmets to enthusiastic suburban gardeners and city-dwelling naturalists. This versatile, handy reference provides these thousands of amateur and professional herbalists with the most compact and complete handbook on culinary herbs and spices possible. Here, in a thoroughly delightful labor of love, are detailed instructions on how to plant, transplant, cultivate, harvest, use and preserve virtually every herb and spice available in North America today. Ms. Miloradovich takes us step-by-step through the various stages of herbal development, from preparing seedlings for early transplanting to drying, cutting and quick-freezing fragrant herbs for potpourris, medicinal lotions, pomanders, and even moth preventives.Miloradovich, Milo is the author of 'Growing and Using Herbs and Spices' with ISBN 9780486250588 and ISBN 048625058X.
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