Find connection with the land and feed your family locally, seasonally, and sustainably Nourish your family   from nature's pantry.  Foraging as a Way of Life   documents twelve months of wildcrafting, featuring five different plants each month for a full year of abundant, local, and seasonal eating. Enhance your sense of self-sufficiency while increasing food security, protecting habitat, and connecting with the land. Full-color and lavishly illustrated, this accessible, in-depth resource features: Accurate and detailed descriptions of herbs, mushrooms, berries, and other wild plants to avoid confusion and...

Breathe deep and feel calm with this fresh, modern take on one of nature's most beneficial herbs! Find simple herbal remedies, tips, and projects for inspiration, relaxation and well-being. Harness the natural power of lavender with recipes for:    *   Lavender Matcha Latte    *   Yoga Mat Freshening Mist    *   Dried Lavender Fire-Starter    *   Lavender Frosé    *   Day's End Tea    *   Blue Day Lavender Roll-Away    *   Nourishing Lavender Makeup Remover    *   Lavender and Rose Fizzy Bath Salts    *   Sweet Dreams Diffuser Oil    *   Soothing Eye Pillow The book covers gardening (favorite...

An Updated and Expanded New Edition of  Backyard Medicine !   Modern medicine is truly a blessing. Advances are made with astonishing speed every day, using both science and technology to make our lives longer and healthier. But if the era of modern medicine began less than two hundred years ago, how did people treat sickness and poor health before then? This book holds the answer.   Researched and written by a practicing medical herbalist and natural healer, and now with even more herbs and medicinal plants,  Backyard Medicine  is the basis for a veritable natural pharmacy that anyone can create. Featuring more than 120 easily made...

Aimed at tree lovers of all ages, this beautifully illustrated handbook is the first guide to foraging specifically from trees, looking at all the incredible things we can get and make from them, from food and remedies to toys, whistles and ink. Foraging is one of the fastest-growing nature-related pastimes in the UK and US. There are many books about foraging but this is the only one that focuses on what is arguably everyone's favourite plant - trees! It profiles 40 incredible trees from the UK and US - from apple, ash and bay to walnut, willow and yew, gorgeously illustrated with watercolour, pen and ink botanical illustrations. In...