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Penelope hobhouses books include colour in your garden and plants in garden history. Jekkas complete herb book really is about as complete as it gets. You can use the height and spread and sunshine information to grow some herbs indoors, but this is really an outside garden herbal book. 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. This new edition is updated and revised to include complete entries for 40 additional herbs. Jekkas latest book is a pocketful of herbs called a genius little book by jamie oliver. This is a musthave book for everyone who loves gardening and cooking. Jekkas is a musthave book for everyone who loves gardening and cooking.

Mcvicar is a vice president of the rhs council, the governing body of the rhs responsible for its strategic direction, and sits on a number of rhs committees. This book also features many new photographs of herbs taken by jekka on the farm. Jekka mcvicar has been growing organic herbs for 20 years. It covers pretty much all cultivated varieties plus many species that grow wild in the british isles. Jamie oliver on the previous edition the complete herb. This is one of the alltime classic gardening bestsellers with over 350 varieties of herb to grow and over 200 delicious and inventive recipes. Jekkas complete herb book by jekka mcvicar kings seeds. Jekka is also well known for her regular appearances on tv and radio gardening and cookery programmes. The focus is on growing herbs, which makes a lot of sense since jekka is the uks leading herb expert and has won more than 60 royal horticultural society gold medals for their herb exhibits around britain. For each herb, advice is given on its history, cultivation, propagation and harvesting, and the medicinal and culinary uses. A selection of the best tools and herb feed that we use on the herb farm and are recommended by jekka. I can recommend jekka mcvicar s new book of herbs for anyone who has an interest in herbs. Updated and expanded, with over 40 new herbs covered.