Leila Duly Coloring Book

The 21 easy recipes are worth the price of the book, such as Candied Mint Leaves, Lavender Whipped Cream, and Cilantro Dip. The result is this book on growing and using the 10 top herbs, from basil, chives and cilantro to rosemary, sage and thyme.

Also has a primer on herb crop contracts: what to watch for when entering into a contract to grow herbs for a buyer. Includes sections on farm farms, crop selection, crop yields, and a sample seven year plan that projects production, revenue and profits.

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. This is a hands-on guide to growing hops by two experienced growers.

They cover everything from training to growing and harvesting herbs, making medicines, and selling them. If you are thinking of starting your own business growing and making herbal medicines, and using them to heal people, this book is for you.

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...

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. 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...

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!

Learn also about plants that mimic cilantro and are grown and used in different parts of the world in place of it. 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...

Diabetics love it too because it has no impact on blood sugar. Stevia is a super-sweet powder or liquid extracted from the leaves of a Paraguayan plant known as . Stevia's importance in a world of growing problems of too much sugar in our diets is underscored...

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. Container-grown tomatoes or lettuces? Beginning with herbs like basil and chervil, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell takes...

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

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. Easy-to-use recipes for baking, main dishes, drinks, and super background facts.

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? Intended for health practitioners but manufacturers of herbal products, commercial herb growers, and consumers intent on being...

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

Thus this book runs contrary to popular beliefs about alcohol, plants, and the nature of material reality. Includes 120 recipes for ancient and indigenous beers and meads from 31 countries and six continents -- and the most complete evaluation of honey...

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? Very easy-to-use reference organized by drug, combinations, and herbs, with details on adverse interactions,...

This book by two well-known experts, is the best book yet on growing and marketing North America's valuable woodland herbs. In dollar value, ginseng is still North America's biggest medicinal herb crop -- worth over $100 million dollars annually.

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.

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...

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

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. It is one of the top ten selling medicinal herbs today for use as an immune-system stimulant and cold and flu...