Growing & Using Lavender: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-155

by Patricia R. Barrett

Overview

Discover timeless crafts and recipes for using this classic garden herb, plus helpful advice for growing your own.

Lavender is a favorite plant among gardeners and herbalists, known for its calming scent, lovely color, and variety of uses when harvested.

In Growing & Using Lavender, you’ll find:

• Information about growing 20 different types of lavender, including hardy and tender varieties
• Advice for planting, pruning, maintaining, harvesting, and drying your crop
• Medicinal uses, recipes for cooking and baking with lavender, and craft ideas—from baking a batch of lavender cookies to making a homemade lavender-scented candle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780882664750
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	01/06/1996
Series:	Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin Series , #155
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.55(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Author Patti Barrett is stress-free as she gardens and cleans at home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Her dwelling encounters much traffic—she lives with her husband, two daughters, one dog and four cats—and yet she keeps realistic standards and practices her own easy tips found in Too Busy to Clean? She effectively devotes minimal time and effort to the maintanence of her house. Patti is also a freelance writer and enjoys gardening.

Table of Contents

Lavender

Types of Lavender

Hardy Lavender

Tender Lavenders

Other Lavenders

Growing and Culture

Propagation

Planting Location and Soil Conditions

Container Gardening

Pruning

Harvest

Uses of Lavender

Medicinal Uses

Cooking

Lavender Crafts