Life in the Medicine: A guide to growing and harvesting herbs for medicine making
"A handy sourcebook for both novice and experienced gardeners who wish to grow high quality medicinal plants. Sowing, harvesting, and drying -- all is included. Leslie is an accomplished gardener and herbalist and writes from experience, including tips not found in other planting guides. This is a wonderful resource." --Rosemary Gladstar, author ofGladstar Family Herbaland Founder of United Plant Savers"With quick reference growing information on 100 medicinal herbs, including well-known North American, European, and Chinese medicinal plants, Leslie Gardner's guide will surely be a welcome, often used reference for herb growers everywhere. The book provides the essential information on origin, requirements, harvesting and drying, borne of years of experience which the author shares as knowledge, rather than just mere information" --Steven Foster, co-author, National Geographic'sDesk Reference to Nature's Medicine"In the tradition of growing our own medicine by hand, and with the motivation to help growers get it right, Leslie has produced a textbook that is accurate and helpful-- this is the kind of foundation we need for the green revolution!" --Richo Cech, author ofMaking Plant Medicine