The bestselling author of Foraging With Kids shows us how to gather and use traditional herbs to boost wellbeing and scatter a little magic over our lives. Discover the ancient Nine Herbs Spell and learn to create your own!
Forage in the footsteps of the witches who gathered plants for the medieval Nine Herbs Spell, and explore the traditional healing powers of the herbs all around you.
Bestselling author Adele Nozedar introduces us to the wonder of the Nine Herbs Spell the herbs that were most useful for medicine, food and magic in the early medieval period before showing us how we can create our own healing charms today, whatever our local environment.
Divided into nine habitats, the book shares nine foragable plants from each environment, complete with their uses, photographs for ID, history and folk tales, each herb's healing properties, and thirty recipes for edibles and remedies throughout.
CHAPTER 1: The Nine Plants Spell
CHAPTER 2: Nine Fragrant Plants of a Garden
CHAPTER 3: Nine Shady Plants of the Woodlands
CHAPTER 4: Nine Bygone Plants of the Meadows
CHAPTER 5: Nine Secret Plants of the Town
CHAPTER 6: Nine Plashy Plants of the Wetlands and Riverbanks
CHAPTER 7: Nine Bracing Plants of the Sea
CHAPTER 8: Nine Shy Weeds of the Wastelands
CHAPTER 9: Nine Cunning Herbs That Are Free
This book offers a fun new way to explore foraging and the use of herbs, discovering little-known treasures along the way.
This book offers a fun new way to explore foraging and the use of herbs, discovering little-known treasures along the way.