Llewellyn's 2012 Herbal Almanac

Book excerpt: Inside Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac, you'll find a colorful array of practical ideas on how to benefit from nature's most versatile plants. Spice up your favorite pasta dish with Presto Pesto. Restore health with an aromatic herbal soup. Even learn how to keep bees and make herbal honey. This friendly herbal guide features hands-on projects, fresh ideas, and advice for herb enthusiasts of all skill levels. You'll be inspired by thirty creative articles on herb use in five unique categories-gardening, cooking, crafts, health/beauty, and myth/lore-on everything from quick meals to urban gardening to making herbal crafts. —Discover the culinary and medicinal uses of the carnivorous bog violet —Beautify your home with cheery sunflower crafts —Enhance your good fortune with an autumn luck bag —Make and use herb-based organic fertilizer —Explore the nasturtium's role in myth and literature, then create a hobbit garden Published annually since 2000