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Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine: The Curious Stories of 43 Amazing North American Native Plants
Tammi Hartung
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Description for Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine: The Curious Stories of 43 Amazing North American Native Plants
Hardback. Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening tour of how North American plants have come to our rescue and helped shape our culture and traditions. Num Pages: 256 pages, full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; VXH; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 306 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
International Herb Association's 2017 Thomas DeBaggio Book Award Winner2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner History, literature, and botany meet in this charming tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish, shelter, heal, clothe, and even entertain us. Did you know that during World War II, the US Navy paid kids to collect milkweed’s fluffy white floss, which was then used as filling for life preservers? And Native Americans in the deserts of the Southwest traditionally crafted tattoo needles from prickly pear cactus spines. These are just two of the dozens of tidbits that Tammi Hartung highlights in ... Read more
International Herb Association's 2017 Thomas DeBaggio Book Award Winner2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner History, literature, and botany meet in this charming tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish, shelter, heal, clothe, and even entertain us. Did you know that during World War II, the US Navy paid kids to collect milkweed’s fluffy white floss, which was then used as filling for life preservers? And Native Americans in the deserts of the Southwest traditionally crafted tattoo needles from prickly pear cactus spines. These are just two of the dozens of tidbits that Tammi Hartung highlights in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781612126609
SKU
V9781612126609
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Tammi Hartung
Tammi Hartung is the author of Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine, Homegrown Herbs, and The Wildlife-Friendly Vegetable Gardener. She has been growing and working with herbs for more than 40 years and is a frequent teacher and lecturer. She and her husband cultivate more than 1800 varieties of herbs, heirloom food plants, and perennial seed crops on their organic farm ... Read more
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