Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants [Hardcover]

A beautifully photographed, gift-worthy guide to growing, harvesting, and utilizing 47 unexpected garden plants to make organic pantry staples, fragrances, floral arrangements, beverages, cocktails, beauty products, bridal gifts, and more.

Every garden--not just vegetable plots--can produce a bountiful harvest! This practical, inspirational, and seasonal guide will help make any garden more productive and enjoyable with a variety of projects using unexpected and often common garden plants, some of which may already be growing in your backyard.

Discover the surprising usefulness of petals and leaves, roots, seeds, and fruit: turn tumeric root into a natural dye and calamintha into lip balm. Make anise hyssop into a refreshing iced tea and turn apricots into a facial mask. Crabapple branches can be used to create stunning floral arrangements, oregano flowers to infuse vinegar, and edible chrysanthemum to liven up a salad. With the remarkable, multi-purpose plants inHarvest,there is always something for gardeners to harvest from one growing season to the next.EARLY 7
RHUBARB 9Small-Batch, Quick-Pickled Rhubarb 10
BREADSEED POPPY 13Poppy Seed Dressing 14
LILAC 17Lilac Flower Cream 18
APPLE & CRABAPPLE 21Branch Arrangement 22
BACHELOR’S BUTTONS 25Blooming Butter 26
SALAD BURNET 29Early-Season Herb Salad 30
ARTICHOKE & CARDOON 33Artichoke Arrangement 34
PEPPERMINT CANDY FLOWER 37Edible Flower–Pressed Cheese 38
ELDERBERRY 41Elderflower-Infused Honey 42
BLACK CUMIN 45Warmed Olives with Black Cumin Seeds 46
FEVERFEW 49Feverfew Tea Bundles 50
APRICOT 53Apricot Facial Mask 54

MID 59
SCENTED GERANIUM 61Scented Geranium Sugar 62
OREGANO 65Edible Flower–Infused Vinegar 66
LAVENDER 69Lavender &amlC%