Lemon Herbs: How to Grow and Use 18 Great PlantsA handbook on herbs with lemon scents and flavors, including lemon catmint, citronella grass, lemon eucalyptus, lemon geranium, lemon grass, lemon mint, and lemon verbena. Offers directions on growing and harvesting each herb, with ideas for using them in the garden landscape, crafts, and recipes. Includes step-by-step instructions for potpourris, wreaths, garlands, topiaries, and lemon-flavored salads, entrees, and desserts. |
Contents
TWO Uses of Lemon Herbs | 31 |
THREE Lemon Herbs in the Garden | 47 |
FOUR Lemon Herb Crafts | 77 |
FIVE Cooking with Lemons and Lemon Herbs | 97 |
Sources | 125 |
Common terms and phrases
1/2 teaspoon aroma Bake bloom boil bowl bundle butter cable tie cake candy catmint chopped citriodorus Citrus limon color cooking cool cream crust Culinary cup sugar decorative dessert dried herbs essential oil favorite flavor flour fragrance fresh herbs fresh lemon frost fruit full sun garlic green leaves grow herb garden herbal houseplant inches indoors INGREDIENTS keep lemon balm lemon basil lemon catmint lemon curd Lemon eucalyptus Lemon Gem lemon geranium leaves lemon herbs lemon juice lemon mint lemon monarda lemon rind lemon scent lemon thyme lemon trees lemon verbena lemon verbena leaves lemon-scented herbs lemongrass marigold meringue Meyer minutes mixture Ocimum basilicum orange oven partial shade peaches perennial pink plant potpourri recipe refrigerator salads sauce scented geraniums seeds shrub soil sorrel soup stems sticks summer sweet tablespoon taste texture varieties vinegar whole lemons winter wire wreath yellow