Growing Plant Medicine Set — Vols 1 and 2, complete
$54.95
Growing Plant Medicine Set — Vols 1 and 2, complete.
The set consists of:
Vol 1: The adventures of the Cech Family practicing self-sufficiency in the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon. Theory and practice of natural gardening techniques in the garden of diversity. How to grow, harvest and use a vast array of medicinal herbs. Seed saving. Bioregional medicinal plant recommendations, garden plans and materia medica. Arranged in plant families by way of kinship and common name. Extensive index. Families A through H. 354 pages, soft-bound.
Vol 2: More adventures of the Cech family, this time camping in the roughshod Red Buttes wilderness. The usual combination of cuteness, herbs, nature, adventure, bats and robots. The core of the book consists of herbal monographs arranged by plant families I through Z, thereby completing the 2 volume set. Vol. 2 also includes a chapter on medicinal trees as well as 2 charts: 1) on seeds per gram of 586 different medicinal plants and 2) on the dry down (how many pounds of fresh herb must be picked to produce 1 pound of dried herb) for 200 botanicals. This is a personal book with stories and poems derived from a life lived among the herbs, including our archaeological wanderings, African adventures and farming in Southern Oregon. Extensively indexed. 256 pages, soft-bound.
Realistically illustrated by Sena Cech, with line drawings of the actual plants, flowers, seeds and seedlings.
Shipping of this 2-book set is free on this website and within the USA. List price is a discount over buying the books separately.
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Anja (verified owner) –
Richo,
Thank you so much for writing these books. I love reading them and learn so much from them. And they are medicine for the soul in difficult times.
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Richo Cech –
Hello Anja, Thank you for caring enough to stay in touch. We are all in this together. Richo
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Molly –
I am interested in the 2 vol Growing Plant Medicine and the Growing At-risk medicine. My question is, do the 2 volumes also cover the at-risk herbs?
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Richo Cech –
hi Molly, Thanks for contacting. The 2 vol “Growing Plant Medicine” covers most of the 21 herbs that are covered in “At-Risk.” The monographs in “At-Risk” are more in-depth and are of use to commercial cultivators as well as backyard gardeners. Here are the few herbs covered in “At-Risk” that you won’t find in “Growing Plant Medicine Vols 1 and 2”: Kava, Lady’s Slipper, Peyote, Stillingia, Sundew, Venus Flytrap. Richo
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Kathy –
Are you considering making and index volume, like the old encyclopedias used to have?
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Richo Cech –
hi Kathy, thanks for the good idea. The book is all about the plants and the plants are extensively indexed in both volumes. richo
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Tina –
Would this be a good set if I’m in Florida , or is it region specific ? Thx
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Richo Cech –
Hi Tina, Thanks for your thoughtful question. This is an extensive herbal that covers herbs for all zones. The growing techniques and the garden designs are applicable for growers in borth the tropics and the cold zones. The plant monographs include zone designations that will help you choose and utilize plants and trees that will do well for you in your area. The native distributions and ideal growing conditions are given for each botanical, and this too helps in choosing the plants and trees that will do best for you. Cheerio! richo
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Michael –
Should one begin with your book, Making Plant Medicine”, or these? While I’m sure they each have their individual benefit; where should one begin?
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Richo Cech –
Hi Michael, If you want to make tinctures and learn herbal medicine, i would suggest “Making Plant Medicine.” If you want to learn more about plants, design gardens, learn how to grow and harvest medicinals, then gut vols 1 and 2. Where do they cover the same ground? Medicinal uses. Richo
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Corrina –
Are the plants listed under their concern name, as in the seed catalog?
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Richo Cech –
Hi Corrina,
Thanks for contacting. Plants are listed by family and common name. There is an extensiuve Latin cross-reference that will bring you right to the appropriate monograph. All the best, Richo
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Marie –
Do these volumes cover when and how to harvest medicinal herbs? I don’t know the optimal time and way to harvest them (continually? all at once? time of day? how not to kill the whole
plant like I did with my sage? 🙁 )And, although I’m better at planting them, do the books explain the optimal way to o
plant them? Sorry for such basic questions, but I’m really especially stuck on the harvesting aspect. Thanks!
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Richo Cech –
Hi Marie,
Thanks for staying in touch, and for the intelligent questions. Yes, parts used, harvest times and methods, processing, dry-down, planting from seed or asexually, environment, cultivation, medicinal uses–all covered in a degree of specificity, covering far more species than available from other books. Richo
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Marie –
That is awesome! Thank you! Exactly what I need!!!
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