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. In these pages, you’ll learn the basics of gardening in your backyard-or on your windowsill or porch-including instructions for:Garden designCompostingGarden m...

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 instruc...

Mini farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just a quarter acre—and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Now expanding exponentially on his bestselling Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre, Brett Markham gives you tips, tricks, and planning advice on how to make the most of your mini farm. New topics include:...

For the first time, Phyllis Good’s classic slow cooker cookbooks are available in a deluxe set! Featuring more than 1,800 recipes, each set includes three of her bestselling titles:Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook has sold nearly 5 million copies. This Revised & Updated edition features more than 100 new, easy-to-follow recipes!Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook makes holiday cooking a breeze. Says Phyllis, These are 60...

The founder of LiveWellWithLess.com “promotes minimalism as a way to fend off ‘stuffocation’ and be happier and more productive” (Publishers Weekly).We simply have too much stuff in our lives. Burdened by our heavy consumerist culture to continually own and consume without purpose, we lose ourselves to debt, dissatisfaction, and despair. If having more, doing more, and being more does not allow us to live abundantly, what can?Minimalism can make al...

More than just a warm and comforting drink, tea has medicinal properties that are widely underused in North America. Common herbs, spices, fruits, and barks have been scientifically proven to help relieve pain, menopause symptoms, high blood pressure, insomnia, stress, and digestive angst. When taken preventatively, certain herbs in tea can help fight off cancer cells, heart disease, and even Alzheimer’s disease and fibromyalgia. By learning about what these various natural ingredients are...

You can cook simply with basic, tasty herbs and liven up the old family favorites! Or try a savory new dish with herbs you grow or find at the grocery store. This newly revised edition of Favorite Recipes with Herbs features beautiful photos and hundreds of easy-to-use recipes, gathered and tested by the top herb shops in the country. The most popular herbs in cooking are all covered here—basil, parsley, rosemary, bay, lemon balm, thyme, lovage, chives, mint, sage, tarragon, orega...

Tea is a plant with many beneficial qualities for one’s health and spirit. In fact, the long life span of people in China has been associated with the population’s regular intake of green tea.Healthier than coffee and with a positively stimulating or relaxing effect-according to the length of boiling time-the vitamins and flavonoids in this infusion are not only healthy, but also help in fighting free radicals. Tea promotes creativity, harmony, and internal balance.This hea...

This illustrated guide to organic cooking covers produce, meats, grains and more, with buying, storing, and cooking tips—plus over 250 recipes.The Organic Cook’s Bible demystifies the array of organic ingredients available and details how to choose and prepare them. An indispensable reference for home cooks, gardeners, and chefs, this book covers meat and poultry, diary and eggs, beans and grains, herbs and spices, and more—organized alphabetically within ...

When we shop at farmers’ markets, we support our local economy and consume food that’s healthier, tastier, and packed with essential nutrients specific to our local environment. In Farm-to-Table Desserts, chef Lei demonstrates how baking with locally sourced, organic ingredients is so satisfying that it will quickly become an easy and delicious habit.With more than eighty sweet recipes divided by season, Farm-to-Table Desserts shows readers how to create simple de...

A good broth or stock is the foundation of wholesome cooking. From the author of The Nourished Kitchen, come over a dozen master recipes for base stocks, plus forty recipes using these stocks in complete meals.Broths and stocks have always had a central place in kitchens around the world owing to their ability to comfort, nourish, and heal. In Broth and Stock from the Nourished Kitchen, Jennifer McGruther, an authority in the traditional foods mov...

America’s love affair with pro-inflammatory sugars, fats, animal proteins, preservatives, additives, and high-temperature cooking has given rise to devastating health consequences. As rates of chronic degenerative disease surge around the country, it’s more important than ever to dispel the myths surrounding a plant-based diet and get people excited about choosing foods that truly can be both nutritious and gourmet.Gary Null has witnessed people make remarkable improvements in thei...