Book Review – Woman Powered Farm

Woman Powered FarmAudrey LevatinoThe Countryman Press 2015When a colleague sent me a link to this book and said she thought of me when she saw it, I had to learn more. I was intrigued knowing that there is a new trend now with women in farming and changing the face of...

Healing Herbs, Tina Sams

Healing Herbs, A Beginner’s Guide to Identifying Foraging, and Using Medicinal PlantsTina SamsFair Winds Press, 2015 Healing Herbs, Tina SamsTina Sams is a modern day Village Herbalist with a vast knowledge of herbs found in gardens, field and forest.  She...

Book Review: Harvest to Hydrosol, Ann Harman

Harvest to Hydrosol, Ann HarmanbotANNicals 2015Annie Harman is a distiller extraordinaire and I am happy to consider her a colleague as well as a friend. Her and I have talked back and forth alot about distilling over the years and I can attest that she is the best...

Book Review: Botany in a Day

Although it actually took me more than a day to read this book, I enjoyed every minute of it. Rather than using the laborious method of “keying out” plants, this book discusses similarities that plants within a given family share. For instance, all roses have 5 petals...

Essential Oils and Aromatics, book review

Essential Oils and Aromatics: Step-by-Step Guide For Use in Massage and AromatherapyBy Marge ClarkSilverleaf Press 2008Marge Clark has recently been able to put some of her wisdom to paper in “Essential Oils and Aromatics: Step-by-Step Guide For Use in Massage and...