Herbs: Partners In Life
Healing, Gardening & Cooking With Wild Plants
Herbalist Adele Dawson traces the human-plant relationship through the seasons, providing practical and enlightening information about every aspect of herbalism, including spring foraging, summer gourmet gardening, the preparation of remedies in autumn, the brewing of potions in winter. Detailed pen-and-ink drawings show the essential elements of flower and leaf anatomy as well as 70 wild and cultivated plants in their budding, blossoming, and dormant stages. Includes recipes. 104 b/w illustrations.