1 comments about Therapeutic herb manual: The therapeutic administration of medicinal herb compounds.

1. I am one who hates a lot of frills in books like this. Ed Smith gets right down to the basics, gives proportions and directions for making many different herbal compounds for a variety of ailments. He gives the indications and contraindications, the action and how to give the compound. Period. No chatty stories or unnecessary verbiage. This is a straightforward text which will anchor many an herbalist's library.

1 comments about Profits from Your Backyard Herb Garden.

1. One of several how to books from Lee Sturdivant, this book is an enjoyable look at how to make a buck in your backyard. There are a lot of basic concepts here that are important to master in order to make a success of your homegrown herb business. 

   Written in a straight forward and easy to follow manner, this book is the written experience of those who know how to take advantage of the local demand for herbs and herb products.

   There are chapters on which herbs to grow and how to sell both fresh cut herbs and potted plants. The advice to keep it simple at first and let the business grow itself is right on the money.

    Also, the emphasis on a quality product delivered in a reliable manner is an important business motto. 

   Whether you have some extra herbs now or want to plan what to grow in the future, this book will help you, inspire you and give you the confidence to get the job done.

1 comments about The Complete Book of Herbs: A Practical Guide to Cultivating, Drying, and Cooking With More Than 50 Herbs.

1. this is the only book i have found that gives wonderful pictures and a great discriptions. It dicribes each herb giving history identification, cultivation and how to use. It also has a symble key for easy id of the uses. Though it does not list all the uses of plants but ovre all great

No comments about Southern Living Growing Vegetables and Herbs: With Recipes for the Fresh Harvest.

1 comments about Herbs (Teach Yourself).

1. This a really a great book about "how to" grow herbs, written succinctly with excellent photographs. The author is one of the leading experts on growing herbs in the United Kingdom (& you know how the English love their gardens!). Susie has a wonderful 2-acre herb nursery adjoining the Roman-era Hadrians Wall at Chesters (Chollerford) approximately 30 miles west of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and this is obviously a good inspiration source.

No comments about The Lore of Spices: Their History, Nature and Uses Around the World.

2 comments about Landscaping with Herbs.

1. More and more people are realizing that herbs are special. In the garden they not only provide texture and fragrance, but they are also waterwise. This previously published book, now in paperback, provides the reader with information on more than 600 species and cultivars of herbs. John Adams explains how to use these herbs in a variety of garden types both formal and informal. Through this book I was introduced to new thyme species and prompted to plant a thyme garden.



2. This is an idea book. A book that every time it's read another point of interest is noted. Mr. Adams really loves his herbs and wants to make a successful herb gardener out of each of us. More than that, though, he wants us to expand the way we think of herbs to include common culinary herbs in our landscape.

   There are six major chapters that include; creating a Fragrant Garden, a Formal Garden for Beauty, a Beneficial Formal Garden, an Informal Landscape, a Contemporary Landscape, and a Wild Landscape.

   Much appreciated is how each chapter introduces the reader to a myriad of herbs including specific named varieties of well known herbs. For instance, instead of just Thyme, many different Thymes are mentioned and discussed and often a photograph of that plant is included. Also, in each chapter are plans for using the herbs and several color photos of the herbs actually being used in the landscape. This realistic view of the plants is a big help when choosing plants for the landscape.

   There are also useful, fun tidbits on many other aspects of using herbs including information on Topiary Training, Knot Gardens and Kitchen Gardens. There are recipes too, like Meatballs with Lovage, Oregano, Savory and Basil, that make use of the herbs we grow.

   A handy chart at the back of the book lists each plant and many of its physical characteristics such as zone and bloom season. There is also a use chart which lists the landscape use and herbal use of each plant.

   It is easy to see why this book was honored by the American Horticultural Society as a Great American Gardening Book.

1 comments about Handbook of Psychotropic Herbs: A Scientific Analysis of Herbal Remedies for Psychiatric Conditions.

1. There are no many books about Phythotherapy (Fitotherapy), in the West, written by those with a shaman background or those who can have a independent eye from the Western Medicine. This book is too inside the Western Medicine, which isolates everything. As a primary information, it is ok.

1 comments about The Herbal Palate Cookbook.

1. I have used this book extensively since I bought it. I have even bought extras to give as gifts for friends and family.

   This book has enabled me to get the most out of my herb garden!

No comments about Growing Herbs As Aromatics (Keats Living with Herbs Series; V. 3).