The medicinal gardening handbook
Subtitle: a complete guide to growing, harvesting, and using healing herbs
By: by Dede Cummings & Alyssa Holmes ; foreword by Barbara Fahs
Contributors: Holmes, Alyssa, author
Published: 2014
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781629142586; 9781629141954
Subjects: Herbs; Vegetable Materia medica; Medicinal plants; Pharmacology; MEDICAL; Therapeutic use
Description: Dig into the world of herbal medicine with this complete guide to cultivating and harvesting plants with healing properties. For thousands of years people have been utilizing herbs and cultivating weeds found to speed the healing of wounds, soothe skin irritations, calm uneasy stomachs, and ward off illnesses. Now you can plan and grow your own garden first aid kit. In these pages, you'll learn the basics of gardening in your backyard?or on your windowsill or porch?including instructions for preparing soil, composting, and weeding. You'll then find detailed descriptions of the twelve most commo.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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