Discovering Vegetables, Herbs and Spices

By Susanna Lyle

A companion volume to "Discovering Fruit and Nuts", this comprehensive guide to vegetables, herbs and spices explores over 200 species and the most popular cultivars. Various aspects of horticulture and plant nutrition are covered including history, propagation, harvesting times and methods, cultivation and location needs, pruning and uses of the crop, with particular emphasis on the nutritional benefits.