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The Homesteader's Herbal Companion

The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs

By (author) Amy K. Fewell
Foreword by Joel Salatin
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Guilford, United States
Imprint: The Lyons Press
Published: 6th Jun 2018
Dimensions: w 178mm h 229mm d 19mm
Weight: 770g
ISBN-10: 1493034154
ISBN-13: 9781493034154
Barcode No: 9781493034154
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The Homesteader's Herbal Companion is a beautiful guide for the modern day homesteader. From learning how to incorporate herbs and essential oils around your home, to learning how to enhance your family's health and well-being, this book is the go-to resource for those wishing to live a more natural homesteading lifestyle. This book takes readers through the basics of herbalism, including the different types of herbs and their uses. It also breaks down how herbs are used in tinctures, salves, essential oils, and infused oils. You'll learn how to efficiently incorporate herbs into your lifestyle, creating your own herbal remedy cabinet for yourself and for your livestock as well. And through encouragement and evidence-based information, you'll be confident using herbs, cooking with herbs, and sharing your herbal products with your friends and family. With an array of beautiful photos and easy to read terminology, just about any homesteader, new or seasoned, can learn from The Homesteader's Herbal Companion, and finally feel comfortable incorporating the many wonderful qualities of herbs around their homes and homesteads.

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Even as a homesteader myself, herbalism has always been a bit of a mystery. Until now. In The Homesteader's Herbal Companion, Amy makes herbalism not only easy to understand, but also inspiringly charming. Easy methods, dosages, and instructions make herbalism do-able, even for the average person. Looks like we'll all be planting a much larger herbal garden this spring. -- Shaye Elliott, author of Welcome to the Farm and Family Table This book belongs in every home, whether a hundred-acre farm or an apartment in Manhattan. It's a must-have for anyone wanting to live a more healthy and natural life. -- Stacy Lyn Harris, co-host of "The Sporting Chef and Rural Heritage," author ofTracking the Outdoors In and Stacy Lyn's Harvest Cookbook, and founder of gameandgarden.com The Homesteader's Herbal Companion makes using herbs even more achievable! Filled with inspiring recipes and photographs, Amy presents the harmonious relationship between our homesteads and the herbs we can grow on them! -- Quinn Veon, blogger at www.reformationacres.com Finally! A herbal handbook for homesteaders, written by a homesteader! Amy is the real-deal and knows this topic inside and out. This is the book I could have used years ago, and I'm thrilled to have it now. -- Jill Winger, blogger at www.theprairiehomestead.com . . . a valuable resource for the beginner and the novice who wish to seek natural remedies. -- Doug and Stacy Colbert, Off Grid with Doug and Stacy