The Homesteader's Herbal Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs

The Homesteader's Herbal Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs

The Homesteader's Herbal Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs

The Homesteader's Herbal Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs

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Overview

The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion is a beautiful guide for the modern day homesteader. From learning how to incorporate herbs and essential oils around your home, to learning how to enhance your family’s health and well-being, this book is the go-to resource for those wishing to live a more natural homesteading lifestyle. This book takes readers through the basics of herbalism, including the different types of herbs and their uses. It also breaks down how herbs are used in tinctures, salves, essential oils, and infused oils. You’ll learn how to efficiently incorporate herbs into your lifestyle, creating your own herbal remedy cabinet for yourself and for your livestock as well. And through encouragement and evidence-based information, you’ll be confident using herbs, cooking with herbs, and sharing your herbal products with your friends and family. With an array of beautiful photos and easy to read terminology, just about any homesteader, new or seasoned, can learn from The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion, and finally feel comfortable incorporating the many wonderful qualities of herbs around their homes and homesteads.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493034154
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 04/15/2018
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 126,367
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Amy Fewell is the author and homesteader of The Fewell Homestead blog and website. She’s a writer, photographer, and the mastermind behind the annual Homesteaders of America conference. You can learn more about Amy at www.thefewellhomestead.com and www.homesteadersofamerica.com

Table of Contents

Foreword Joel Salatin vi

Introduction ix

1 The Basic of Herbalism 1

2 The Homesteader's Herb List 14

3 How to Grow Herbs 53

4 Wild Herbs in Your Backyard 81

5 Seed Saving; Drying and Storing Herbs 100

6 Herbal Teas and Tinctures 110

7 Medicinal Syrups and Other Herbal Home Remedies 125

8 Infused Oils, Salves, and Poultices 145

9 Everyday Herbal Care and Beauty Products 162

10 Homestead Essential Oils 191

11 Cooking with Herbs on the Homestead 203

12 Herbs for the Home and Barn 236

13 Herbs for Our Four-Legged Friends 256

14 Herbs for Chickens and Other Poultry 280

15 My Herbal Medicine Cabinet and Pantry 291

Afterword 297

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