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Learn to grow, harvest, and use your own healing herbs. Dig into
the world of herbal medicine with this complete guide to
cultivating and harvesting plants with healing properties. For
thousands of years, people have been utilizing herbs and
cultivating weeds found to speed the healing of wounds, soothe skin
irritations, calm uneasy stomachs, and ward off illnesses. In these
pages, you’ll learn the basics of gardening in your backyard—or
on your windowsill or porch—including instructions for: Garden
design Composting Garden maintenance Harvesting Recipes for salves,
lotions, and poultices And more! You’ll also find profiles of
useful herbs that are easy to grow or wildcraft, along with
inspiring stories, medicine-making instructions, and recipes for
your home medicine chest. Known to boost immunity, reduce blood
pressure, aid digestion, and relieve arthritis among other
medicinal properties, powerful plants such as garlic, Echinacea,
yarrow, elderflower, mint, elecampane, and many more are included
in this illustrated guide.
Great compost is one of the most important secrets of successful
organic gardening. In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn
everything you need to know about the various methods of composting
and how to adapt them to your home and garden. With full-color
photographs and easy-to-follow instructions, this will be a welcome
addition to every organic gardener's library. Topics covered
include:
- What you can and can't throw on your compost pile
- How to balance nitrogen and carbon in your pile for quick
decomposition and rich compost
- Buying or building the best tools and containers
- Vermicomposting
- How to compost indoors
- Troubleshooting smelly compost, dry compost, and other
problems
- How and when to apply the compost to your garden beds
With growing concerns about the use of pesticides, herbicides, and
GMOs in mainstream gardening practices, more and more families are
turning to their backyards to grow their own food using methods
they know are safe. The need for clear, straightforward instruction
on organic gardening techniques has never been greater. With The
Organic Composting Handbook, readers will get the information they
need to prepare their gardens for healthy, abundant crops.
This cookbook provides delicious recipes and meal plans as well in-depth information about nutrition and food tailored for those with intestinal disease. The book, written by a Crohn's patient, will also feature tips on living a more holistic lifestyle. This is an informative addition to the Living With series, which, as a whole, aims to give patients up-to-date and authoritative but practical and accessible information to deal with every aspect of their condition.
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