How to Grow Medicinal Herbs - by Vanessa Minton (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Vanessa Minton is the at-home gardener, chef, and educator behind social media's From The Garden, where she teaches her half-a-million followers how to grow and use their own vegetables and herbs. She has more than fifteen years experience growing herbs, veggies, and flowers for her family and community in central Texas, and has taught local classes on gardening and herbal production for nearly a decade.