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Known as “the beer herb,” hops quenches thirst and encourages merriment, yet it calms and encourages sleep too. There are over 40 articles on all aspects, from fragrance and flavour, cultivation, lore and history to crafts, medicine and food, with...

The kitchen recipes and ideas for herbal crafts are alone worth the price of the book. The medicine wheel garden is a sacred place that we set apart and imbue with reverent feelings.

The result is this book on growing and using the 10 top herbs, from basil, chives and cilantro to rosemary, sage and thyme. The 21 easy recipes are worth the price of the book, such as Candied Mint Leaves, Lavender Whipped Cream, and Cilantro Dip.

America's leading expert on herb farming gives clear guidelines on what to think about before beginning a starting a herb farming business. Includes sections on farm farms, crop selection, crop yields, and a sample seven year plan that projects production,...

This is a hands-on guide to growing hops by two experienced growers. Whether you are a home hops aficionado growing for personal use or you want to get into the business, this book will get your project up and running.

If you are thinking of starting your own business growing and making herbal medicines, and using them to heal people, this book is for you. They cover everything from training to growing and harvesting herbs, making medicines, and selling them.

Topics include medicinal herb product development, value-added food & bodycare products, shiitake and medicinal mushrooms, Chinese medicinal herbs, potted herb production, what the buyer wants, organic field production.

Despite its misleading title (the subtitle would be a better title) this fascinating book covers 81 plants mentioned in the Bible and Koran. You'll be surprised to learn that Eve did not give Adam an apple in the Garden of Eden - it was another fruit,...

This book will soon become your easy-to-use "go-to" book for healing. If you yearn for a book with simple, easy-to-make medicinal teas that you and your family can take for common ailments, this is your book.

Every herb mentioned is pictured in colour. Beauty and function -- strange bedfellows oftentimes, but in the flowering herb garden they are natural companions. Nothing is more beautiful than the purple coned flowers of echinacea, or the bright red Raggedy-Ann...

The rose is the most recognized flower in the world. But it is more than just something to stick in a vase; the scented flowers can be used in jams, jellies, wine, ice cream, salad dressings, lotion, rinses and body products.

A great guide that helps the herbal novice understand and use 56 important medicinal herbs. The colour coded sections help you easily navigate through the world of herbs and treat more than 125 conditions from pulled muscles and bruises to hangovers and...

Softcover 286 pp. Like a two-for-one deal, you get two useful but very different herbs from a single plant, the plant known to botanists as . Ever wonder why some people just can not stand cilantro while others die for it?

There are chapters on marketing mushrooms, on setting up a laboratory to start cultures and producing spawn, and on the exciting new emerging business of mycoremediation -- using fungi to rehabilitate contaminated land by breaking down environmental and...

Stevia is a super-sweet powder or liquid extracted from the leaves of a Paraguayan plant known as . Diabetics love it too because it has no impact on blood sugar. This book includes the plant's history, botany, pharmacology, usage and safety -- with over...

In simple steps you can create personalized body creams, moisturizers, lip balms and more that will nourish and revitalize your skin. Beauty starts with the skin and this book shows you how homemade all-natural aromatherapy creams and lotions can help...

Container-grown tomatoes or lettuces? Now how about zucchini, potatoes, or grapes! This new book to allows gardeners to expand their horizons even where space is at a premium. Step-by-step instructions are illustrated with photographs to make each project...

Need a new dip for your next party? Try one of Jim Long's 112 party dip recipes featuring fresh or dried herbs and spices, or one of 43 ethnic recipes from around the world. Try Butter Bean Dip (England), Manga Peanut Dip (India), Persian Cucumber Dip...

We are excited to find a cookbook for stevia, the no-calorie sweeter-than-sugar plant from Paraguay. Stevia does not raise the blood sugar levels. Hard to find, tested recipes are a boon to diabetics, those looking to weight loss, and mothers of hyperactive...

For doctors, the gold standard of proof is a well designed clinical trial. Includes history, regulation, standardization, efficiency, and product safety. Intended for health practitioners but manufacturers of herbal products, commercial herb growers,...

Increasingly consumers and professionals are demanding top quality and are going direct to growers who have established a reputation for quality. From field preparation and seeding to weed control, harvesting and processing there is no other book as comprehensive...

Interspersed throughout are recipes, crafts, songs, and stories in an alphabetical journey through 16 common medicinal and culinary herbs. Kids learn to make marshmallows, create an ant barrier with cinnamon, or keep their feet warm with cayenne.

Ancient beers from 10,000 to 30,000 years ago were quite different from what we know as beer today. This is a beautiful and provocative exploration of the sacredness and folklore of ancient fermentation is revealed through 200 plants and hive products.

Is it safe to take American ginseng and ginkgo with the blood-thinning drug Coumadin? More than 18,000 drug-herb-vitamin interactions are covered. This and other questions are answered by researchers and doctors from .

In dollar value, ginseng is still North America's biggest medicinal herb crop -- worth over $100 million dollars annually. This book by two well-known experts, is the best book yet on growing and marketing North America's valuable woodland herbs.

If you want to develop a sound understanding of the principles and practice of modern herbalism this is an excellent guide. Has a nice section on the ailments that can be treated with herbs, organized by the major systems of the body.

Marjorie Harris is a well-known Toronto champion of the urban garden, a space she sees as an extension of the living room and as a work of living art. Being that the garden is meant to be lived in, she is a strong believer in gardening safely without...