Growing & Using Basil: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-119 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin)

Vegetables -- Herbs -- Wild plants -- Grasses, grains, and field crops -- First steps for home fruit growing -- Nuts -- Ornamental trees and shrubs -- Garden techniques -- Soil improvement -- Pest control -- Poisonous plants -- Garden plans.;First published in 1975, this classic companion planting guide has taught a generation of gardeners how to use plants' natural partnerships to produce bigger and better harvests. Louise Riotte (1909-1998) was one of North America's most beloved gardeners. Her warm, witty writings on companion planting and gardening lore are American folk wisdom at its finest. Riotte wrote 12 books in her lifetime, including Roses Love Garlic, Astrological Gardening, and Sleeping with a Sunflower. EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BASIL? AND MORE! & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Basil is one of the most popular and widely grown herbs in the world. & nbsp; With its delicate aroma and sweet-spicy flavor, it?s no wonder that basil, a staple in kitchens around the world, is the favorite culinary herb of today?s chefs!In Growing & Using Basil, Ellen Ogden offers all the information you'll need to grow, harvest, and cook with basil in all its varieties of flavor. Whatever the basil you want to grow--sweet, purple, opal, lemon, cinnamon, anise, napoleatano, camphor, holy, or something more exotic--the information you need is right at your fingertips. Better still, you'll find dozens of recipes for using your basil in everything from pestos and basil vinegars to grilled bluefish wrapped in mammoth basil leaves and cinnamon basil custard EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BASIL – AND MORE! Basil is one of the most popular and widely grown herbs in the world. With its delicate aroma and sweet-spicy flavor, it’s no wonder that basil, a staple in kitchens around the world, is the favorite culinary herb of today’s chefs! In Growing & Using Basil, Ellen Ogden offers all the information you'll need to grow, harvest, and cook with basil in all its varieties of flavor. Whatever the basil you want to grow--sweet, purple, opal, lemon, cinnamon, anise, napoleatano, camphor, holy, or something more exotic--the information you need is right at your fingertips. Better still, you'll find dozens of recipes for using your basil in everything from pestos and basil vinegars to grilled bluefish wrapped in mammoth basil leaves and cinnamon basil custard.