Culinary Herbs for Short-Season Gardeners has everything herb lovers need to know about cultivating annual and perennial herbs in USDA zones 1 to 5 anywhere snow sticks to the ground in the winter, from Alaska to Pennsylvania. Learn how to make the most of a short growing season, including: picking the best location for planting, providing wind protection and cold air drainage, building raised beds, using season extenders, seeding indoors and outdoors, hardening off and transplanting, and mulching.