Bevin Cohen – författare

Create healing teas, tinctures, and oils at home using traditional methods and modern safety knowledge. Complete guide to growing, harvesting, and preparing medicinal herbs for family health and wellness, with safety protocols for effective, safe herbal medicine.Why DIY Herbal Medicine Makes Sense:Quality herbal preparations cost $20-50 per ounce commercially but can be made at home for $2-5 per ounce using fresh, organic herbs grown in your own garden or sourced from trusted suppliers.What You'll Master:Herb cultivation for medicinal potency and organic purityHarvesting and drying techniques that preserve therapeutic compoundsPreparation methods for teas, tinctures, salves, and oils with consistent potencySafety protocols for proper identification, dosing, and contraindicationsFamily health applications for common wellness support and minor ailmentsHealth and Economic Benefits:Home herbalists report 70-80% savings on natural health products while having complete control over ingredient quality and preparation methods.Take control of your family's natural health toolkit. Essential for wellness enthusiasts wanting to reduce dependence on commercial products through traditional skills.

Press your own right at home – homemade oils for cooking and health.The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and photographed, full-color guide to growing, foraging, and pressing nut and seed crops to produce high-quality oils for culinary and other uses. Coverage includes:A brief history of seed oil extractionCulinary and health benefits of home-pressed oils versus factory produced oilsPresses and other equipment options for ease, cost, and convenienceHow-to for growing, harvesting, processing, and pressing nuts and seedsProfiles of over 40 nuts and seeds to grow, forage, or source including hempseed, flax, peanuts, sunflowers, walnuts, okra, and more.Oil processing, storage, and culinary and other usesScaling up for community or small-scale commercial production.Whether you want to produce oils for cooking, balms and salves, self-sufficiency and resiliency or for small-scale commercial or community production, The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils is a one-stop shop to get you started.

Press your own right at home – homemade oils for cooking and health.

The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and photographed, full-color guide to growing, foraging, and pressing nut and seed crops to produce high-quality oils for culinary and other uses. Coverage includes:

A brief history of seed oil extractionCulinary and health benefits of home-pressed oils versus factory produced oilsPresses and other equipment options for ease, cost, and convenienceHow-to for growing, harvesting, processing, and pressing nuts and seedsProfiles of over 40 nuts and seeds to grow, forage, or source including hempseed, flax, peanuts, sunflowers, walnuts, okra, and more.Oil processing, storage, and culinary and other usesScaling up for community or small-scale commercial production.

Whether you want to produce oils for cooking, balms and salves, self-sufficiency and resiliency or for small-scale commercial or community production, The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils is a one-stop shop to get you started.

An accessible exploration of 48 medicinal and culinary herbs to grow and use year-round, with information on gardening, cooking, and integrating herbs as part of a holistic wellness routine.Herbs bring in more bees, more birds, and more beneficial insects to the garden. They add spice and depth to any recipe. Herbs enrich our lives, our health, and our earth in profound and nourishing ways. Herbs in Every Season offers gardeners, herbalists, cooks, and homesteaders a new way of looking at herbs throughout the year. Herbalists will learn how an herb's growth habits inform its medicinal capabilities, and gardeners will gain insight on herbs as integral culinary plants for the kitchen garden, pollinator plants for perennial borders, and key ingredients for a home apothecary.​With detailed plant profiles on 48 herbs, many of them native plants, Bevin Cohen encourages a year-round perspective on growing and using herbs in tandem with the seasons. He will assure any newcomer that herbs are not only easy to grow, but also forgiving. Readers will take delight in:- Simple, homegrown recipes and preservation techniques for cooking and concocting herbs in tonics, teas, meals, and treats- Herbal remedies and useful DIY applications for common ailments such as sunburns and mosquito bites- Deep insight on how the life cycle of an herb contributes multitudes to its medicinal and culinary properties- How a seasonal herbal approach can provide a much-needed process of cyclical re-connection to the earthA practice of living close to the land is deeply enriched through a daily relationship with herbs-in every season.

Press your own right at home – homemade oils for cooking and health.

The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and photographed, full-color guide to growing, foraging, and pressing nut and seed crops to produce high-quality oils for culinary and other uses. Coverage includes:

A brief history of seed oil extractionCulinary and health benefits of home-pressed oils versus factory produced oilsPresses and other equipment options for ease, cost, and convenienceHow-to for growing, harvesting, processing, and pressing nuts and seedsProfiles of over 40 nuts and seeds to grow, forage, or source including hempseed, flax, peanuts, sunflowers, walnuts, okra, and more.Oil processing, storage, and culinary and other usesScaling up for community or small-scale commercial production.

Whether you want to produce oils for cooking, balms and salves, self-sufficiency and resiliency or for small-scale commercial or community production, The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils is a one-stop shop to get you started.

Get the inside dirt, Ohio! The ultimate guide to growing food in the Buckeye State! This must-have guide to growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section helps with design and crop rotation, and monthly lists explain what to do from January through December. In-depth profiles of the state's best edibles help ensure a can't-miss harvest.