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The Homesteader’s Guide to Growing Herbs: Learn to Grow, Prepare, and Use Herbs
The essential guide to sowing, growing, and preparing herbs for homesteaders
Growing herbs means growing your own food, home remedies, beauty products, and more. This homesteader’s handbook is packed with expert information on planting, caring for, and using herbs to nourish and nurture yourself, your family, your pets, and even your livestock.
Learn about the countless perks of cultivating herbs on your homestead, find tons of info on foraging and growing, and get a step-by-step guide to creating your own herbal teas, tinctures, salves, and more. Who knew your own soil had so much potential?
This standout among homesteader books
Garden planning―Discover a helpful guide to planning an herb garden, from selecting plants to deciding the size and location of your growing area. An herb encyclopedia―Explore an informational index of common household herbs, including the parts used, plant properties, safety considerations, preservation methods, and much more. A range of recipes―Try dozens of recipes for everything from homemade marshmallows and basil-infused cooking oil to sunburn soother spray, furniture polish, and natural deodorant.
From pickled garlic to pain relief, you can feed and heal your family with the power of herbs.
Growing herbs means growing your own food, home remedies, beauty products, and more. This homesteader’s handbook is packed with expert information on planting, caring for, and using herbs to nourish and nurture yourself, your family, your pets, and even your livestock.
Learn about the countless perks of cultivating herbs on your homestead, find tons of info on foraging and growing, and get a step-by-step guide to creating your own herbal teas, tinctures, salves, and more. Who knew your own soil had so much potential?
This standout among homesteader books
Garden planning―Discover a helpful guide to planning an herb garden, from selecting plants to deciding the size and location of your growing area. An herb encyclopedia―Explore an informational index of common household herbs, including the parts used, plant properties, safety considerations, preservation methods, and much more. A range of recipes―Try dozens of recipes for everything from homemade marshmallows and basil-infused cooking oil to sunburn soother spray, furniture polish, and natural deodorant.
From pickled garlic to pain relief, you can feed and heal your family with the power of herbs.
167 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 7, 2020
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July 17, 2020
This book is more of an herbal holistic health book than a gardening book, but don’t let that keep you from buying it. Herbs are easy to grow in containers, I’ve done it for years but I have a hard time figuring out what to do with the herbs after I cut the herbs and this is where this book has helped me tons.
I love the way the book is laid out, it’s easy to use and the recipes are really great. Not only do you get a section of recipes for eating, but you also get recipes for healing and wellness, health and beauty, and for pets and livestock. I really liked the fly control and flea recipes for pets, fully natural and this stuff won’t kill our pollinators.
The author covers tools that you’ll need and how to make herb syrup, herb-infused oils, and salves. I think she does a fabulous job covering everything you need.
I highly recommend this book to anyone that grows or wants to start growing herbs and I want to add you don’t have to have a lot of space to grow them, believe me, they do great in container pots.
I received a copy from Rockridge Press for an honest review.
I love the way the book is laid out, it’s easy to use and the recipes are really great. Not only do you get a section of recipes for eating, but you also get recipes for healing and wellness, health and beauty, and for pets and livestock. I really liked the fly control and flea recipes for pets, fully natural and this stuff won’t kill our pollinators.
The author covers tools that you’ll need and how to make herb syrup, herb-infused oils, and salves. I think she does a fabulous job covering everything you need.
I highly recommend this book to anyone that grows or wants to start growing herbs and I want to add you don’t have to have a lot of space to grow them, believe me, they do great in container pots.
I received a copy from Rockridge Press for an honest review.
August 20, 2020
I run my own small eco family farm full time. I've been doing it for a decade & have been growing herbs & gardening even longer. I'm not a herbalist, but one does learn a thing or two by doing. I was very excited to receive this book. As always, I geek out over anything to do with herbs & growing things. Making tinctures & other goodies is another great pleasure of mine. Aside from recipes for humans, she provides recipes for livestock & pets (of which I have all three categories). Words simply cannot adequately express just how eager I was to dive into this book.
Off I go reading this book. I'm thrown here & there, questioning the accuracy of some things. My thoughts were, she's the herbalist AND she studied with Rosemary Gladstar, so surely she is right & I am wrong. Fine enough but when I see that she claims elderberry bushes grow to 25' (that's twenty five FEET!), I really had to put on the breaks. I grow my own elderberry bushes. They don't grow that big. They max out at about 12.5' about half the height she claims. Sorry, but I've never had an elderberry bush grow taller than my house. I tell myself this is likely a typo & continue to read. Then I get to wormers. OMG. She's killing me. Not dewormers. Wormers. So I guess I'm giving my animals worms then am I? No, this is to remove or kill the worms. Therefore it's de-worm. Ugh.
I also want to point out that this isn't about just herbs. She has black walnut (tree), elderberry (bush), onion (vegetable), peach (tree), raspberry (admittedly, raspberry leaf is considered an herbal, typically taken as tea or tincture), rose (bush), willow (tree), etc. Personally, I enjoy these additional foods, but I can understand it causing confusion & maybe even anger if one is looking for herbs. These additional foods have medicinal benefits & that is why they are in this book. The book really should have been given a different title as to not mislead. 'The Homesteader's Guide to Growing' is 100% correct, the remainder of the title is misleading (& it features the largest text ~sigh~). This is geared towards homesteaders which is me. This doesn't mean there isn't useful information for someone who doesn't homestead.
There are so many recipes I'd love to try, but rather than trust what is in the book, I must first research it first for safety. I'm so disappointed. I have very mixed feelings towards this book as a result. Part of me adores it. Another part of me fears it for the potential risks should there be incorrect information & I do not realize it. I have autoimmune disease & must be very careful with what my body is exposed to. Living my holistic & organic lifestyle greatly helps me manage my disease.
Unless you are highly experienced in herbal medicine, I probably wouldn't get this book (I really hate to say that). But I'm going to guess that if you are highly experienced, you wont need this book.
Off I go reading this book. I'm thrown here & there, questioning the accuracy of some things. My thoughts were, she's the herbalist AND she studied with Rosemary Gladstar, so surely she is right & I am wrong. Fine enough but when I see that she claims elderberry bushes grow to 25' (that's twenty five FEET!), I really had to put on the breaks. I grow my own elderberry bushes. They don't grow that big. They max out at about 12.5' about half the height she claims. Sorry, but I've never had an elderberry bush grow taller than my house. I tell myself this is likely a typo & continue to read. Then I get to wormers. OMG. She's killing me. Not dewormers. Wormers. So I guess I'm giving my animals worms then am I? No, this is to remove or kill the worms. Therefore it's de-worm. Ugh.
I also want to point out that this isn't about just herbs. She has black walnut (tree), elderberry (bush), onion (vegetable), peach (tree), raspberry (admittedly, raspberry leaf is considered an herbal, typically taken as tea or tincture), rose (bush), willow (tree), etc. Personally, I enjoy these additional foods, but I can understand it causing confusion & maybe even anger if one is looking for herbs. These additional foods have medicinal benefits & that is why they are in this book. The book really should have been given a different title as to not mislead. 'The Homesteader's Guide to Growing' is 100% correct, the remainder of the title is misleading (& it features the largest text ~sigh~). This is geared towards homesteaders which is me. This doesn't mean there isn't useful information for someone who doesn't homestead.
There are so many recipes I'd love to try, but rather than trust what is in the book, I must first research it first for safety. I'm so disappointed. I have very mixed feelings towards this book as a result. Part of me adores it. Another part of me fears it for the potential risks should there be incorrect information & I do not realize it. I have autoimmune disease & must be very careful with what my body is exposed to. Living my holistic & organic lifestyle greatly helps me manage my disease.
Unless you are highly experienced in herbal medicine, I probably wouldn't get this book (I really hate to say that). But I'm going to guess that if you are highly experienced, you wont need this book.
July 23, 2020
This book is about growing and using common herbs. The author started by briefly talking about why you would want to grow herbs and how you can use them. She then talked about good locations for an herb garden (space needed, soil type, etc.) and how to prepare herbal medicine (teas, syrups, tinctures, poultices, salves, infused oil). She provided profiles for 20 common herbs: basil, black walnut, chamomile, comfrey, echinacea, elderberry, fennel, garlic, lavender, marshmallow, mullein, onion, peach, peppermint, raspberry, rose, sage, stinging nettle, thyme, and willow. She included a picture the plant (though not always suited for identification purposes) and information about the parts of the plant that you use, growing tips, how to preserve it for future use, medicinal uses, preparation tips, dosing, and safety considerations.
She also included recipes using the profile herbs along with other herbs. She included 20 recipes for eating (herbed butter, green man pesto, etc.), 25 recipes for healing and wellness (fire cider, flu fighter tea, tummy tamer tea, etc.), 8 recipes for housekeeping (surface cleaner, furniture polish, etc.), 7 recipes for beauty (tooth powder, mouthwash, etc.), and 15 recipes for pets and livestock (wound powder, flea powder. etc.). I had expected this to be a gardening book, so I'm disappointed that the focus seemed to be more about uses for herbs. Overall, though, the information is good though mostly a basic overview of a variety of topics.
I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher.
She also included recipes using the profile herbs along with other herbs. She included 20 recipes for eating (herbed butter, green man pesto, etc.), 25 recipes for healing and wellness (fire cider, flu fighter tea, tummy tamer tea, etc.), 8 recipes for housekeeping (surface cleaner, furniture polish, etc.), 7 recipes for beauty (tooth powder, mouthwash, etc.), and 15 recipes for pets and livestock (wound powder, flea powder. etc.). I had expected this to be a gardening book, so I'm disappointed that the focus seemed to be more about uses for herbs. Overall, though, the information is good though mostly a basic overview of a variety of topics.
I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher.
November 16, 2020
I received a copy of this book directly from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.
If you are interested in herbalism, either as a more natural way to deal with illness, to take care of your small homestead livestock, or simply to grow as spices for your kitchen, The Homesteader's Guide To Growing Herbs by Kristine Brown would be an excellent addition to your bookshelf.
I found the book to be packed full of recipes, knowledge on planting herbs, their medicinal uses, and easy DIY beauty projects. I especially found the beautiful color pictures of each of the herbs to be incredibly useful, as someone who has trouble recognizing herbs and plants on my own.
If I had to nitpick the book at all, it would be to say that I wish the section on growing herbs was a little more comprehensive given the name of the book, but with all the other knowledge included, I find it to be an acceptable trade-off.
If you are interested in herbalism, either as a more natural way to deal with illness, to take care of your small homestead livestock, or simply to grow as spices for your kitchen, The Homesteader's Guide To Growing Herbs by Kristine Brown would be an excellent addition to your bookshelf.
I found the book to be packed full of recipes, knowledge on planting herbs, their medicinal uses, and easy DIY beauty projects. I especially found the beautiful color pictures of each of the herbs to be incredibly useful, as someone who has trouble recognizing herbs and plants on my own.
If I had to nitpick the book at all, it would be to say that I wish the section on growing herbs was a little more comprehensive given the name of the book, but with all the other knowledge included, I find it to be an acceptable trade-off.
July 26, 2020
I received a copy of this book through the Amazon Vine program in exchange for an honest review.
This book wasn't quite what I expected.
This book focuses on herbs from a medicinal and holistic standpoint. There's information on how to grow herbs and how to use various herbs. I was hoping for recipes, but there's more information on how to make salves and tinctures and that kind of thing than food. There's also information on treating various ailments of livestock and humans.
Overall it wasn't quite what I was looking for but this book has a lot of interesting information.
This book wasn't quite what I expected.
This book focuses on herbs from a medicinal and holistic standpoint. There's information on how to grow herbs and how to use various herbs. I was hoping for recipes, but there's more information on how to make salves and tinctures and that kind of thing than food. There's also information on treating various ailments of livestock and humans.
Overall it wasn't quite what I was looking for but this book has a lot of interesting information.
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