Lavender for All Seasons: A Gardener's Guide to Growing and Creating with Lavender Year-Round by Paola Legarre

An essential guide to to the multifaceted plant, from a passionate gardener. Lavender for All Seasons covers everything you need to know about the basics of growing lavender. Inspirational crafts and recipes that follow the seasons of the year will empower readers to discover how to integrate lavender beyond the garden and into the apothecary, pantry, and crafting space. For over twenty years, gardening expert Paola Legarre has been implementing sustainable farming practices, nourishing soil life, avoiding herbicides and synthetic fertilizers, rotating plantings with cover crops, and encouraging pollinators and beneficial insects through diversified plant hedgerows, and companion planting. With Legarre as a guide, readers will discover: ·The basics of growing lavender in different zones and conditions ·Growing requirements for healthy plants, including advice on pruning, pest control, propagation, and more ·An array of the best lavender varieties including species and cultivars for cooking, essential oils, crafting, landscaping and more ·Incorporating lavender as a key pollinator plant in your garden ·How to harvest and preserve lavender flowers for multiple uses, including techniques for drying and distilling ·Enjoying the harvest with delicious recipes incorporating lavender as an essential herb in the kitchen Read more

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From the Publisher For gardeners who want to integrate lavender into their perennial flower gardens as a cut flower, dried flower, value added product, and as a beautiful pollinator plant. Lavender for All Seasons provides the information needed to grow lavender in containers, in the home garden, and for larger scale producers. How to select the right plants for your climate Advice on pruning, pest control, propagation, and organic cultivation strategies Incorporating lavender as a key pollinator plant in the garden How to extend bloom time Techniques for drying and distilling Planting information for professional growers seeking to produce on a larger scale How to harvest and preserve lavender for multiple uses Best lavender varieties for cooking, essential oils, crafting, landscaping and more Delicious recipes incorporating lavender as an essential herb in the kitchen Step-by-step, simple, and rewarding craft projects incorporating lavender in every season Paola Legarre's high-intensity farm, Sage Creations Farm, is a biodiverse paradise of medicinal and culinary herb crops, cut-flower gardens, and heirloom vegetables. She is a founding member of the Colorado Lavender Association. Herbs in Every Season: 48 Edible and Medicinal Herbs for the Kitchen, Garden,... The Herbal Apothecary: 100 Medicinal Herbs and How to Use Them Master Recipes from the Herbal Apothecary: 375 Tinctures, Salves, Teas, Capsu... The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World Casting Flowers: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Botanical Art Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Customer Reviews 46 2,921 2,226 645 87 Price $13 87 $11 53 $19 21 $16 99 $17 65 “Highly recommended. This will be a new favorite on my ever-growing list of favorite herb books.” ―Rosemary Gladstar “Well researched and exceptionally well written, The Herbal Apothecary is a brilliant addition to any herbal library.” —Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and author “This incredible, in-depth, and easy-to-access resource is a must for all of us who wish to learn more about healing ourselves through the plant world. This is part of the herbal-remedy canon on my kitchen counter.” —Shiva Rose “Part essay collection, part gardening guide, The Heirloom Gardener encourages readers to embrace heirloom seeds and traditions, serving as a well-needed reminder to slow down and reconnect with nature.” —Modern Farmer “Whether you’re crafting simple flower portraits or intricate garden-inspired panels, Rachel’s step-by-step instructions make it easy to record nature’s fleeting beauty.” ―Sunset