The other book I have is The Complete Book of Herbs : A Practical Guide to Growing and Using Herbs by Lesley Bremness. It's a nice book, it has lovely pictures (Rodale's doesn't). I pull it out too and read both. But, it isn't nearly as detailed in culture or most anything as Rodale's. It doesn't even consistently list zones, simply hardy or not which doensn't necessarily help someone in a borderline southern zone. There are also less herbs in it and seems like 1/2 the book is taken up by a using herbs section including recipes and dyes etc, that's nice but I just prefer info on the herbs themselves, I have cookbooks. It is a good book, I just think if I picked only one the Rodale's is better because we have the internet now and can look up what the plant looks like. BTW, only got them a few months ago, and I ended up buying the Bremness book used even though amazon said it was in stock they didn't send it for 3 weeks and I finally ordered it used through amazon and got it in about 2 weeks.

Hi Julia, Here's a link to a site that may help you. It doesn't tell you what the combining forms mean, but it does give you pronunciations. Click on any word to actually hear it. But---A LOT of people have different pronunciations, so as long as people can figure out what you're looking for, don't worry about it too much. As the intro at this site says, "...if you can't remember the preferred pronunciation of a plant name, just say a chosen interpretation with conviction." I don't have it, but the book Meldy recomends looks really excellent. Good Luck, Skybird Here is a link that might be useful: Fine Gardening Pronunciation Guide

Maureen, I so sympathize! The president of the local garden club was interested enough in the concept to ask if I would give a talk at the September meeting, and then if enough are interested, we could start a GG study group, and go through it, a couple of chapters a month. It has crossed my mind, when it comes to that, to put up a flyer in the local nurseries and/or health-food store, to invite non-club members in. A couple of years ago, Toby emailed me permission to copy & distribute his instructions for "The Ultimate Bomb-Proof Sheet Mulch" p. 72, at a gardening group I was in. It makes a great handout! It's so alarming to hear the global warming stats coming in, that I really need to do SOMETHING. If I can sell a few people on the PC concepts, and at least get them growing some edibles in their yards, too, I think I will feel a little better. And I'll keep working on my own little space, getting my rain barrels in under the downspouts, experimenting with guilds, learning what works in each corner. Vaya con Gaia!

This is the best book, hands down. https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exposure-Fourth-Photographs-Camera/dp/1607748509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499730172&sr=8-1&keywords=understanding+exposure