Log Book

Includes a photo gallery that shows every step of production from seedlings to harvesting and drying, including the equipment needed. America's leading expert on herb farming gives clear guidelines on what to think about before beginning a starting a...

If you buy one hops book, this is the one to get. It covers the equipment and techniques needed, the diseases, pests and weeds you may encounter and how to control them, and the many options for using and marketing your crop.

Throughout are inspiring profiles of many of America´s best known herbalists including Michael Tierra, Michael Moore, Matthew Wood, David Winston and Aviva Romm. If you are thinking of starting your own business growing and making herbal medicines, and...

Transcripts from the second annual Richters commercial herb growing conference held in October, 1997. Individual herbs covered: stevia, caraway, evening primrose, gotu kola, echinacea, St. Johnswort, goldenseal.

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,...

Here are 50 teas to alleviate cold and flu, constipation, arthritis, anxiety, and high cholesterol, to boost the immune system and memory, to improve skin, kidney, liver, heart health, and more.

Here are 80 herbs that add aesthetic interest to the garden. Nothing is more beautiful than the purple coned flowers of echinacea, or the bright red Raggedy-Ann flowers of bergamot, or the majestic spires of brightly mottled foxglove.

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...

Like a two-for-one deal, you get two useful but very different herbs from a single plant, the plant known to botanists as . Cilantro is the fresh leaf chopped and added to salsas, guacamole, Asian soups and salads.

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.

This book includes the plant's history, botany, pharmacology, usage and safety -- with over twenty stevia recipes and extensive home-growing information. Stevia's importance in a world of growing problems of too much sugar in our diets is underscored...

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

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...

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...

Easy-to-use recipes for baking, main dishes, drinks, and super background facts. We are excited to find a cookbook for stevia, the no-calorie sweeter-than-sugar plant from Paraguay.

Includes history, regulation, standardization, efficiency, and product safety. 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.

High quality organic herbs are very much in demand in a North American market that has become crowded with inferior imported product. This book is the best guide we have seen on all aspects of growing and marketing quality herbs on a commercial scale.

Lesley Tierra brings herbs to life through history, uses, taxonomy, and folklore. Kids learn to make marshmallows, create an ant barrier with cinnamon, or keep their feet warm with cayenne.

Fermentation and plant use as medicine, as psychotropics, as teachers, as companions on life´s path are an inescapable part of what it means to be human. Includes 120 recipes for ancient and indigenous beers and meads from 31 countries and six continents...

Very easy-to-use reference organized by drug, combinations, and herbs, with details on adverse interactions, side effects, supportive interactions, and reduced drug absorption. Is it safe to take American ginseng and ginkgo with the blood-thinning drug...

An essential read for anyone growing woodland herbs commercially. It covers everything from propagation, growing under artificial shade, woods-simulated cultivation, disease control, harvesting, marketing, profitability and future crop outlook.

A definitive guide to the practice of herbal medicine that is aimed at students, professionals and home herb users. Written by a practising herbalist with over 25 years of experience, the book features a reliable materia medica on 150 herbs commonly used...

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...

Has juicing recipes for herpes simplex, heartburn, gout, varicose veins, and much more. Here is the scoop on methods and machines, what herbs, vegetables and fruits to use and their healing properties.

As the world's population increases and ages, the prospects for this crop will remain steady for many years to come. It is one of the top ten selling medicinal herbs today for use as an immune-system stimulant and cold and flu preventative.

Forty-five easy-to-follow recipes, illustrated with vintage pictures and illuminated by the author's years of experience making and selling herbal products.