Alyssa Holmes

Learn to grow, harvest, and use your own healing herbs. Dig into the world of herbal medicine with this complete guide to cultivating and harvesting plants with healing properties. For thousands of years, people have been utilizing herbs and cultivating weeds found to speed the healing of wounds, soothe skin irritations, calm uneasy stomachs, and ward off illnesses. In these pages, you’ll learn the basics of gardening in your backyard—or on your windowsill or porch—including instructions for: Garden design Composting Garden maintenance Harvesting Recipes for salves, lotions, and poultices And more! You’ll also find profiles of useful herbs that are easy to grow or wildcraft, along with inspiring stories, medicine-making instructions, and recipes for your home medicine chest. Known to boost immunity, reduce blood pressure, aid digestion, and relieve arthritis among other medicinal properties, powerful plants such as garlic, Echinacea, yarrow, elderflower, mint, elecampane, and many more are included in this illustrated guide.

Is reconciliation possible?In his groundbreaking book, Walls Can Fall, Kenneth C. Ulmer explored the topic of race from a biblical perspective.Although the book recounted Ulmer's challenging, sometimes personal, and often painful journey into the reality of racism, he cast a positive vision that, in fact, the walls that divide the races can fall.In this accompanying study guide, Ulmer guides readers toward reflection on the biblical principles addressed in Walls Can Fall, and offers practical steps to make a difference in their individual spheres of influence, so they can become not merely hearers of the word of God, but doers.