The first manual in the Preservation series Gardening BS Food Storage, With an Introduction to Medicinal Herbs, is a no-nonsense manual that teaches the reader how to plan and produce successful gardens. It also explains long-term food storage techniques that allows the new gardener to enjoy the harvest year round. Discover how to harvest and save seed, ways to extend growing seasons, and how to utilize companion planting to add to the natural health of your garden. This manual also discusses some of the time-honored medicinal uses of many familiar herbs, as well as some that are not so familiar. Everything discussed in this manual can be grown in most American backyards.