Abigail R. Gehring > Quotes

“Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.” —Frank Lloyd Wright”
― Abigail R. Gehring, Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More

“Pantry Tips”
― Abigail Gehring, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Natural Remedies

“mechanisms for dealing with extremely sandy, excessively well-drained soils or rocky, cold soils in which moisture is limited for months at a time. Try alfalfa, aloe, artichokes, asparagus, blue hibiscus, chives, columbine, eucalyptus, garlic, germander, lamb’s ear, lavender, ornamental grasses, prairie turnip, rosemary, sage, sedum, shrub roses, thyme, yarrow, yucca, and verbena.”
― Abigail R. Gehring, Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More

“There is little in life as rewarding as enjoying a salad composed entirely of things you’ve picked from your own garden”
― Abigail R. Gehring, The Homesteading Handbook: A Back to Basics Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More

“To learn more about specific plants and herbs and their properties, as well as how to grow them in a garden or in your home, flip to Part Two”
― Abigail Gehring, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Natural Remedies