How to grow medicinal herbs : an illustrated beginner's guide to growing, harvesting, and making herbal remedies at home / Vanessa Minton.
From mint to marjoram, learn how to grow your own medicinal herbs at home, and get tips on how to turn your produce into tinctures, teas, and salves that will improve your physical and mental health. This practical guidebook teaches readers how to use small spaces to grow your own nutritious herbal plants and stress-relieving spices, and the necessary techniques for turning those plants into natural remedies like salves, teas, and tinctures. Even if you're brand new to growing food, this book will help you learn how to position your edible herbs for success in small spaces, how to harvest and store them until they're ready to be consumed, and how to turn them into topical and edible medicines. Packed full of information about how to grow 50 different common edible herbs, this book also includes hand-drawn illustrations to show the final produce you can grow at home. And, from vitamins to anti-inflammatory effects, you'll also learn what each plant does for the health of the human body.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781507225998
- ISBN: 1507225997
- Physical Description: 224 pages : illustrations (color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Adams Media hardcover edition.
- Publisher: Stoughton, MA : Adams Media, 2026.
- Copyright: ©2026
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
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- Subject:
- Herb gardening.
Herbs > Therapeutic use.
Medicinal plants. - Genre:
- Informational works.
Available copies
- 2 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Stanly County Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 6 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albemarle Main Library | 581.634 Min (Text) | 31010000931115 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/26/2026 |
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Summary:
From mint to marjoram, learn how to grow your own medicinal herbs at home, and get tips on how to turn your produce into tinctures, teas, and salves that will improve your physical and mental health. This practical guidebook teaches readers how to use small spaces to grow your own nutritious herbal plants and stress-relieving spices, and the necessary techniques for turning those plants into natural remedies like salves, teas, and tinctures. Even if you're brand new to growing food, this book will help you learn how to position your edible herbs for success in small spaces, how to harvest and store them until they're ready to be consumed, and how to turn them into topical and edible medicines. Packed full of information about how to grow 50 different common edible herbs, this book also includes hand-drawn illustrations to show the final produce you can grow at home. And, from vitamins to anti-inflammatory effects, you'll also learn what each plant does for the health of the human body.
