Grow It, Cook It! : The Beginner's Guide to Producing Your Own Food

Many crops, including herbs, can be produced in a relatively small space with a little pre-planning and organizing: in containers, on a balcony, and indoors. Herbs are perfect for enhancing the flavour of cooking, treating minor ailments, and preventing colds and flu. Your own back garden will not only produce the best food on the planet for you and your loved ones, it is also economical, environmentally friendly and more fun than shopping. Gardening is more than a hobby; it's a way of life. This book provides all the information you need to keep your family and friends healthy, fit and enjoying life to the full.

Linda Gray has many years of gardening and housekeeping experience. After re-claiming an acre of forgotten land, her priority was to feed her family from that. She and her children produced organic food and kept hens. Linda runs a gardening website and has written a number of books and articles focusing on health, good food and gardening.