Deeply Rooted by Bonnie Rose Weaver
Best Audience: Herbalsits and Gardeners wanting to grow herbs in the city Deeply Rooted by Bonnie Rose Weaver is a delightful beginner's guide to starting a city herb garden. If you're living in a warm climate,…
Herbs Partners in Life by Adele Dawson
Best Audience: Herbalists and plant-lovers who enjoy stories and memoirs An herbalist friend long ago recommended Herbs: Partners in Life: Healing, Gardening, and Cooking with Wild Plants by Adele Dawson, and I'm glad she did. I'd…
Saint John’s Wort Magic: Balm of Protection Recipe
Saint John's Wort has a strong affinity for the sun. His medicine, the purple hypericin-laden juice you can squeeze from his mature flowers, is ready when the sun is at it's strongest. Midsummer is the time…
Four Season Harvest by Elliot Coleman
Best audience: Gardeners in cold to temperate climates who want to learn how to garden year-round I left a very cold climate (Minnesota) for a far more temperate one (Oregon) in part so I could garden…
Backyard Medicine by Julie Brunton-Seal and Matthew Seal
Best Audience: Beginning Herbalists and Homesteaders who want to make use of the many wonderful plants right there in their yards When I'm feeling down about living in the city and longing for the wild freedom of…
Storey’s Guide to Raising Ducks by Dave Holderread
Best Audience: Homesteaders and urban Farmers just starting out and those who already raise chickens and want to add Ducks to their flock I love ducks. There's no two ways about it. I decided one year that…
The Medicine-Maker’s Handbook by James Green
Best Audience: Folks getting started with making herbal remedies and those who have some experience and want to expand their practice I picked up The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual by James Green after I'd been…
Garden by Constitution: Let Your Body Be Your Guide
In my humble opinion, everyone should have a garden. The deep healing and balancing that comes with a solid connection to nature is undeniable. We know, for instance, that patients at hospitals that have gardens and…
Small-Space Vegetable Gardens by Andrea Bellamy
Best Audience: Beginning gardeners and folks who are gardening in urban and other areas where space for growing is limited plus folks beyond beginners who want to explore container gardening or want to expand beyond a standard…
My Herban Farm Project: Rationale for Urban Farming Right Now
My hubby thinks I'm a little reactionary and possibly slightly crazy. I've decided to convert our just-under a quarter of an acre city lot into an urban farm I fondly call my Herban Farm. Am I…