Llewellyn's 2012 Herbal Almanac: A Do-It-Yourself Guide for Health & Natural Living

Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac

by Llewellyn Publications, Sharon Leah (Editor)

Inside Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac, you'll find a colorful array of practical ideas on how to benefit from nature's most versatile plants. Spice up your favorite pasta dish with Presto Pesto. Restore health with an aromatic herbal soup. Even learn how to keep bees and make herbal honey.

This friendly herbal guide features hands-on projects, fresh ideas, and advice for herb enthusiasts of all skill levels. You'll be inspired by thirty creative articles on herb use in five unique categories-gardening, cooking, crafts, health/beauty, and myth/lore-on everything from quick meals to urban gardening to making herbal crafts.--Discover the culinary and medicinal uses of the carnivorous bog violet--Beautify your home with cheery sunflower crafts--Enhance your good fortune with an autumn luck bag--Make and use herb-based organic fertilizer--Explore the nasturtium's role in myth and literature, then create a hobbit garden

Published annually since 2000

Genres: Paganism, Nonfiction

312 pages, Paperback

First published July 8, 2011

About the author

Llewellyn George started his publishing company in Portland, Oregon in 1901, concentrating Astrological books and annuals. In 1961, Carl L. Weschcke of St. Paul, Minnesota purchased the company and relocated it to the Midwest.

Llewellyn is the world’s oldest and largest independent publisher of books for body, mind, and spirit.

Reviews

[Jenn C]

Articles:

Growing and Gathering Herbs
Urban Herb Gardening Tips by JD Hortwort
Herbal Honey Harvests by Suzanne Ress
Full Sun Spotlight by Elizabeth Barrette
Fertilizers for Free by Janice Sharkey
Herb Q and A by JD Hortwort
Plants Need Friends, Too by Misty Kuceris
How to Contain Your Garden by Alice DeVille

Culinary Herbs
Grilling with Herbs by Susan Pesznecker
Go Wild: Free-Range & Game Meat Seasonings by Elizabeth Barrette
Quick Cuisine by Dallas Jennifer Cobb
Delectable, Edible Herb Flowers by Suzanne Ress
Royal Basil by Harmony Usher

Herbs for Health and Beauty
Energy-Opening Herbs by Tess Whitehurst
Herbal Nervines by Calantirniel
Herb Soups that Heal by Darcey Blue French
Herbal Remedies for Hot Lungs by Sean Donahue
Shoo Fly by Elizabeth Barrette

Herb Crafts
Essential Crafting Tools by Susan Pesznecker
Sunflowers by JD Hortwort
Aromatherapy by Calantirniel
Fragrant Graces by Elizabeth Barrette
Autumn Luck Bag by Lucy Hall Kelly

Herb History, Myth, and Lore
Nastrutium: Sparks in the Garden by Linda Raedisch
Tale of the Cattail by Susan Pesznecker
Herb, Healers & Charms by Sharynne MacLeod NicMhacha
World of Ethnobotany by Susan Pesznecker
The Doctrine of Signatures by J. Lee Lehman PhD
The Future of Herbs by Diana Rajchel

[Sian Lile-Pastore · Rating 3 out of 5]

i liked it, althought their seemed to be a lot of repetition and i could have done without the two chapters on what herbs to eat with meat. The best bits were the chapters on herb history, myth and lore.

[Spider Goddess · Rating 2 out of 5]

I haven't actually purchased this almanac for a few years, but I remember that the last time I did it contained much more useful information......

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these.. Buy them every year.

[Calantirniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I (Calantirniel) wrote "Beginning Aromatherapy" and "Herbal Nervines" for this book.