Greenhouse Books

This book shows how to create these vibrant living gardens, from large outdoor designs to miniature dishes, using the 50 key native American healing herbs. Starting with a central circle or spiral it is a sanctuary of healing for humans, animals, birds,...

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.

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.

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. Whether you are a home hops aficionado growing for personal use or you want...

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

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. Colour photos throughout. You'll be surprised to learn that Eve did not give Adam an apple in the Garden of Eden...

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. Includes a handy check list of plants organized by flowering time to help create a colourful display all season long. Nothing is more beautiful than the purple coned flowers of echinacea, or...

The rose is the most recognized flower in the world. The author, who has been eating roses since he was a teenager, gives 44 creative fun recipes, plus advice on which rose varieties are edible and which are not.

A great guide that helps the herbal novice understand and use 56 important medicinal herbs. There are many fun, fast and low cost recipes from a stress releasing holy basil tea to an aromatic men's love liqueur!

Ever wonder why some people just can not stand cilantro while others die for it? This book put out by the International Herb Association is an incredible compendium of all the things you could possibly want to know about growing and using cilantro and...

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'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...

Beginning with herbs like basil and chervil, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell takes the reader beyond traditional idea of container gardening in 30 projects that include advice on plant selection, fertilizer, watering and pest control, all with a focus on organics.

Need a new dip for your next party? Try Butter Bean Dip (England), Manga Peanut Dip (India), Persian Cucumber Dip (Iran), or Jim's Green Goddess Dip made with mayonaisse, sour cream, tarragon, chives and anchovies

Easy-to-use recipes for baking, main dishes, drinks, and super background facts. Stevia does not raise the blood sugar levels. We are excited to find a cookbook for stevia, the no-calorie sweeter-than-sugar plant from Paraguay.

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. Intended for health practitioners but manufacturers of herbal products, commercial...

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. Lesley Tierra brings herbs to life through history, uses, taxonomy, and folklore.

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. Many were sacred beers, and hundreds contained medicinal her

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

It covers everything from propagation, growing under artificial shade, woods-simulated cultivation, disease control, harvesting, marketing, profitability and future crop outlook. This book by two well-known experts, is the best book yet on growing and...

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. She describes the organic fertilizers, mulches, natural pest controls, and age-old gardening strategies...

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.