Product Description

As someone who has been growing herbs for over 30 years, Jekka knows the most common pitfalls to avoid. For each herb she lists a range of species and varieties giving lots of choice to the gardener, and there are plans for planting herb gardens, be it for aromatherapy or cooking too. There is also basic guidance on propagation, harvesting herbs in containers, pests and diseases as well as a yearly calendar.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17214 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
Jekka is the queen of herbs, regularly winning awards, and this book is her guide to all things herbal, in which she offers ample information on growing and using herbs for culinary, medical, cosmetic or ornamental purposes. --BBC Country File Magazine

This is the bible for herb lovers. --BBC Gardener's World

A garden classic from the Queen of Herbs. --The Oxford Times

About the Author
Jekka McVicar has run her Herb Farm for 22 years. She presented the RHS video on herbs and is on the RHS council. She has been awarded 59 RHS Gold Medals for her herb exhibits at the RHS flower shows. Jekka is also well known for her regular appearances on TV and radio gardening and cookery programmes.

Customer Reviews

A Real Treasure
A really beautiful book, packed with useful and interesting knowledge, clearly written by someone who knows exactly what she is talking about. Suitable for the beginner or for the experienced gardener, everything is very well explained, and it really is an inspiring piece of work. Although the tone is largely factual and informative, some wry humour creeps in here and there, which really adds to it. I'd love to meet the author.

The only thing that fell a little short was the pictures, although lovely, didn't always give me confidence that I'd be able to identify the plants. Could've done with a few less artsy photos and a few more "clinical" ones.

Overall though I highly recommend this book, it's a real treasure.

The last word on herbs...
Jekka's Complete Herb Book really is about as complete as it gets. It covers pretty much all cultivated varieties plus many species that grow wild in the British Isles. It is clear and concise, goes in to considerable detail on the culinary and medicinal uses and gives easy to follow instructions if you want to cultivate your own. Look no further for a book on herbs, this is the one.

Best Herb book you'll ever buy
I bought this book for my husbands's birthday because he wanted to start using more herbs in the cooking he enjoys doing now he's retired. Read all the reviews and it seemed like the best of the lot and I can confirm that in our opinion it certainly it. Tells you absolutely everything you'd ever want to know about every herb, for cooking, medicinal and growing etc. in such simple language and great pictures. Can't reommend it highly enough, it really is an enjoyable book to browse, very interesting and informative. Don't bother looking further, Jekka McVicars got the herb business sown up !