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Getting Started: Important Considerations for the Herb Farmer
Prices start at : 24.00 USD / Ebook pdf / ea

America's leading expert on herb farming gives clear guidelines on what to think about before beginning a starting a herb farming business. Also has a primer on herb crop contracts: what to watch for when entering into a contract to grow herbs for a buyer.
  • Botanical Name: Richard Alan Miller
Ontario
Goodwood
The Hop Grower\'s Handbook
Prices start at : 35.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

If you buy one hops book, this is the one to get. Everything from planning and planting to harvesting and processing is in this book, with excellent photos that show how it is done every step of the way.
  • Botanical Name: Laura Ten Eyck and Dietrich Gehring
Ontario
Goodwood
The Herbalist\'s Way
Prices start at : 36.00 USD / Book hardcover / ea

The authors, owners of a successful American herb farm, show the way toward becoming a healer and a medicine maker in a farm setting. Throughout are inspiring profiles of many of America´s best known herbalists including Michael Tierra, Michael Moore,...
  • Botanical Name: Nancy and Michael Phillips
Ontario
Goodwood
Richters Second Commercial Herb Growing Conference
Prices start at : 20.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Transcripts from the second annual Richters commercial herb growing conference held in October, 1997. Topics include medicinal herb product development, value-added food & bodycare products, shiitake and medicinal mushrooms, Chinese medicinal herbs, potted...
  • Botanical Name: Helen Snell, Conrad Richter, Rita Berzins, eds.
Ontario
Goodwood
Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh
Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book hardcover / ea

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,...
  • Botanical Name: Lytton John Musselman
Ontario
Goodwood
The Good Living Guide to Medicinal Tea
Prices start at : 15.00 USD / Book hardcover / ea

The layout is deceptively simple: a page is devoted to each tea and its uses, formula and properties, yet every medicinal claim is backed up with footnotes to the medical and scientific literature should you want to investigate further.
  • Botanical Name: Jennifer Browne
Ontario
Goodwood
Herbs in Bloom
Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Includes plant heights, flower colours and flowering times, hardiness zones, and landscape design tips. Beauty and function -- strange bedfellows oftentimes, but in the flowering herb garden they are natural companions.
  • Botanical Name: Jo Ann Gardner
Ontario
Goodwood
How to Eat A Rose
Prices start at : 6.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

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.
  • Botanical Name: Jim Long
Ontario
Goodwood
The Essential Guide to Home Herbal Remedies
Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

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...
  • Botanical Name: Melanie Wenzel
Ontario
Goodwood
Cilantro & Coriander
Prices start at : 15.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Coriander is the spicy seed used whole or ground for baking, pickling, sausages and in Indian curries. Well this book has the answer, and so much more. Over 40 contributors cover the history, botany, lore, and science, as well cultivation and uses.
  • Botanical Name: Gert Coleman, Ed.
Ontario
Goodwood
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation
Prices start at : 40.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

A superb guide to setting up and operating a successful organic mushroom business, whether it is a small urban farm, an off-the-grid farm, or a more conventional commercial operation.
  • Botanical Name: Tradd Cotter
Ontario
Goodwood
Stevia Rebaudiana
Prices start at : 8.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

This book includes the plant's history, botany, pharmacology, usage and safety -- with over twenty stevia recipes and extensive home-growing information. It is a sugar substitute that dieters love because it is natural and has no calories.
  • Botanical Name: David Richard
Ontario
Goodwood
Making Aromatherapy Creams & Lotions
Prices start at : 17.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

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...
  • Botanical Name: Donna Maria
Ontario
Goodwood
Organic Crops in Pots
Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book hardcover / ea

Step-by-step instructions are illustrated with photographs to make each project simple and fun. Beginning with herbs like basil and chervil, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell takes the reader beyond traditional idea of container gardening in 30 projects that...
  • Botanical Name: Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell
Ontario
Goodwood
Easy Dips Using Herbs
Prices start at : 11.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

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...
  • Botanical Name: Jim Long
Ontario
Goodwood
The Stevia Cookbook
Prices start at : 18.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Hard to find, tested recipes are a boon to diabetics, those looking to weight loss, and mothers of hyperactive children. Easy-to-use recipes for baking, main dishes, drinks, and super background facts.
  • Botanical Name: Ray Sahelian, M.D. and Donna Gates
Ontario
Goodwood
The Handbook of Clinically Tested Herbal Remedies
Prices start at : 195.00 USD / Book hardcover / ea

This two volume set draws together the evidence from clinical trials involving 32 herbs and 10 herbal combinations and presents it in an easy-to-read and easy-to-use format. For doctors, the gold standard of proof is a well designed clinical trial.
  • Botanical Name: Marilyn Barrett PhD, ed.
Ontario
Goodwood
The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer
Prices start at : 40.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

High quality organic herbs are very much in demand in a North American market that has become crowded with inferior imported product. Increasingly consumers and professionals are demanding top quality and are going direct to growers who have established...
  • Botanical Name: Jeff Carpenter and Melanie Carpenter
Ontario
Goodwood
A Kid\'s Herb Book
Prices start at : 20.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Lesley Tierra brings herbs to life through history, uses, taxonomy, and folklore. Interspersed throughout are recipes, crafts, songs, and stories in an alphabetical journey through 16 common medicinal and culinary herbs.
  • Botanical Name: Lesley Tierra
Ontario
Goodwood
Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers
Prices start at : 20.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Thus this book runs contrary to popular beliefs about alcohol, plants, and the nature of material reality. This is a beautiful and provocative exploration of the sacredness and folklore of ancient fermentation is revealed through 200 plants and hive products.
  • Botanical Name: Stephen Harrod Buhner
Ontario
Goodwood
A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions
Prices start at : 23.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

This and other questions are answered by researchers and doctors from . Very easy-to-use reference organized by drug, combinations, and herbs, with details on adverse interactions, side effects, supportive interactions, and reduced drug absorption.
  • Botanical Name: Alan R. Gaby, M.D., ed.
Ontario
Goodwood
Growing & Marketing Ginseng Goldenseal & Other Woodland Medicinals
Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

An essential read for anyone growing woodland herbs commercially. Other woodland herb crops such as goldenseal, bloodroot, and black cohosh are in the millions too. It covers everything from propagation, growing under artificial shade, woods-simulated...
  • Botanical Name: W. Scott Persons and Jeanine M. Davis
Ontario
Goodwood
The Complete Herbal Tutor
Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

A definitive guide to the practice of herbal medicine that is aimed at students, professionals and home herb users. If you want to develop a sound understanding of the principles and practice of modern herbalism this is an excellent guide.
  • Botanical Name: Anne McIntyre
Ontario
Goodwood
Ecological Gardening
Prices start at : 19.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

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...
  • Botanical Name: Marjorie Harris
Ontario
Goodwood
The Juicing Bible
Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Easy-to-use, healthful and delicious. Juicing vegetables, fruits and herbs is one of the best ways of fighting cancer and other degenerative diseases. Winner of the 2000 International Cookbook Award.
  • Botanical Name: Pat Crocker and Susan Eagles
Ontario
Goodwood
Echinacea: Technical Crop Report
Prices start at : 24.00 USD / Ebook pdf / ea

Richard Alan Miller, American's leading expert on herb farming, gives a clear and direct overview of the crop and how to grow and market it. Echinacea is a major medicinal herb crop.
  • Botanical Name: Richard Alan Miller
Ontario
Goodwood
Herbal Cosmetics
Prices start at : 5.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Forty-five easy-to-follow recipes, illustrated with vintage pictures and illuminated by the author's years of experience making and selling herbal products.
  • Botanical Name: Jim Long
Ontario
Goodwood