Horticulture Books

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

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. Whether you are a home hops aficionado growing for personal use or you want to get into the business,...

The authors, owners of a successful American herb farm, show the way toward becoming a healer and a medicine maker in a farm setting. They cover everything from training to growing and harvesting herbs, making medicines, and selling them.

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.

Colour photos throughout. 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...

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.

Includes plant heights, flower colours and flowering times, hardiness zones, and landscape design tips. Every herb mentioned is pictured in colour. Includes a handy check list of plants organized by flowering time to help create a colourful display all...

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. But it is more than just something to stick in a vase; the scented flowers can be used in jams,...

There are many fun, fast and low cost recipes from a stress releasing holy basil tea to an aromatic men's love liqueur! The colour coded sections help you easily navigate through the world of herbs and treat more than 125 conditions from pulled muscles...

Softcover 286 pp. Over 40 contributors cover the history, botany, lore, and science, as well cultivation and uses. Ever wonder why some people just can not stand cilantro while others die for it?

Some 24 commercially important mushroom genera are covered in detail. 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...

It is a sugar substitute that dieters love because it is natural and has no calories. Diabetics love it too because it has no impact on blood sugar. This book includes the plant's history, botany, pharmacology, usage and safety -- with over twenty stevia...

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...

Now how about zucchini, potatoes, or grapes! This new book to allows gardeners to expand their horizons even where space is at a premium. Step-by-step instructions are illustrated with photographs to make each project simple and fun.

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 Try one of Jim Long's 112 party dip recipes featuring fresh or dried herbs...

Hard to find, tested recipes are a boon to diabetics, those looking to weight loss, and mothers of hyperactive children. Stevia does not raise the blood sugar levels. We are excited to find a cookbook for stevia, the no-calorie sweeter-than-sugar plant...

For doctors, the gold standard of proof is a well designed clinical trial. How do we know which herbs work and which ones don't? Includes history, regulation, standardization, efficiency, and product safety.

From field preparation and seeding to weed control, harvesting and processing there is no other book as comprehensive as this. Increasingly consumers and professionals are demanding top quality and are going direct to growers who have established a reputation...

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

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

This and other questions are answered by researchers and doctors from . More than 18,000 drug-herb-vitamin interactions are covered. Is it safe to take American ginseng and ginkgo with the blood-thinning drug Coumadin?

Other woodland herb crops such as goldenseal, bloodroot, and black cohosh are in the millions too. This book by two well-known experts, is the best book yet on growing and marketing North America's valuable woodland herbs.

Has a nice section on the ailments that can be treated with herbs, organized by the major systems of the body. If you want to develop a sound understanding of the principles and practice of modern herbalism this is an excellent guide.

She describes the organic fertilizers, mulches, natural pest controls, and age-old gardening strategies that tip the balance of nature in favour of what she calls the "ecological garden." This is the updated and revised version.

Easy-to-use, healthful and delicious. Winner of the 2000 International Cookbook Award. Here is the scoop on methods and machines, what herbs, vegetables and fruits to use and their healing properties.

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. There is much valuable information here that is unavailable in other sources, such as up-to-date price and market...

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