Gideon Haigh Books

This report is a must for the beginning herb farmer. America's leading expert on herb farming gives clear guidelines on what to think about before beginning a starting a herb farming business.

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. It covers the equipment and techniques needed, the diseases, pests and weeds you may encounter and how...

They cover everything from training to growing and harvesting herbs, making medicines, and selling them. Throughout are inspiring profiles of many of America´s best known herbalists including Michael Tierra, Michael Moore, Matthew Wood, David Winston...

Individual herbs covered: stevia, caraway, evening primrose, gotu kola, echinacea, St. Johnswort, goldenseal. Topics include medicinal herb product development, value-added food & bodycare products, shiitake and medicinal mushrooms, Chinese medicinal...

You'll be surprised to learn that Eve did not give Adam an apple in the Garden of Eden - it was another fruit, and you'll have to read the book to find out which! Each plant is discussed in separate chapters, starting with the original scriptural references...

This book will soon become your easy-to-use "go-to" book for healing. 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...

Every herb mentioned is pictured in colour. Includes plant heights, flower colours and flowering times, hardiness zones, and landscape design tips. Here are 80 herbs that add aesthetic interest to the garden.

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. The rose is the most recognized flower in the world.

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 motion sickness! Melanie includes photographs and simple explanations of how and why to use...

Learn also about plants that mimic cilantro and are grown and used in different parts of the world in place of it. Like a two-for-one deal, you get two useful but very different herbs from a single plant, the plant known to botanists as .

There is also a chapter on how to make unique products such as mushroom-infused beer, wine and spirits. There are chapters on marketing mushrooms, on setting up a laboratory to start cultures and producing spawn, and on the exciting new emerging business...

Diabetics love it too because it has no impact on blood sugar. Stevia's importance in a world of growing problems of too much sugar in our diets is underscored by the fact that stevia is fast becoming one of the world's hottest commercial herb crops.

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...

Now how about zucchini, potatoes, or grapes! This new book to allows gardeners to expand their horizons even where space is at a premium. Beginning with herbs like basil and chervil, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell takes the reader beyond traditional idea...

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. Need a new dip for your next party? Try Butter Bean Dip (England), Manga Peanut Dip (India), Persian Cucumber Dip...

Stevia does not raise the blood sugar levels. Easy-to-use recipes for baking, main dishes, drinks, and super background facts. Hard to find, tested recipes are a boon to diabetics, those looking to weight loss, and mothers of hyperactive children.

Includes history, regulation, standardization, efficiency, and product safety. Intended for health practitioners but manufacturers of herbal products, commercial herb growers, and consumers intent on being well informed will find this handbook a valuable...

This book is the best guide we have seen on all aspects of growing and marketing quality herbs on a commercial scale. Increasingly consumers and professionals are demanding top quality and are going direct to growers who have established a reputation...

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

Ancient beers from 10,000 to 30,000 years ago were quite different from what we know as beer today. Thus this book runs contrary to popular beliefs about alcohol, plants, and the nature of material reality.

More than 18,000 drug-herb-vitamin interactions are covered. Very easy-to-use reference organized by drug, combinations, and herbs, with details on adverse interactions, side effects, supportive interactions, and reduced drug absorption.

This book by two well-known experts, is the best book yet on growing and marketing North America's valuable woodland herbs. It covers everything from propagation, growing under artificial shade, woods-simulated cultivation, disease control, harvesting,...

Written by a practising herbalist with over 25 years of experience, the book features a reliable materia medica on 150 herbs commonly used in modern herbal practice. If you want to develop a sound understanding of the principles and practice of modern...

Being that the garden is meant to be lived in, she is a strong believer in gardening safely without the use of chemicals. 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...

Winner of the 2000 International Cookbook Award. Easy-to-use, healthful and delicious. 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...

There is much valuable information here that is unavailable in other sources, such as up-to-date price and market facts, latest cropping research, and much more. Richard Alan Miller, American's leading expert on herb farming, gives a clear and direct...

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