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Linda
Ours Rago Illustrated with the pastels of Diana Suttenfield and the
watercolors of Antonia Walker A celebration of the forest idylls, spiraling
seasons and the animals, herbs and magic in one small Appalachian mountain
cove. In Blackberry Cove Herbal the herbs are
wild and free to spring up wherever the wind carries their seed. So for
this lovely guide to nature, healing, and wisdom, herbalist Linda Rago
organizes her herbal lore and wisdom into months and seasons with brief
essays on the wild and common herbs a wanderer through Appalachia might
discover on a walk during that time of year. Each month is introduced
by an essay evoking the weather and nature with a legend or two woven
into the reality of life in the hill country of America. In Lindas descriptions
of the herbs she includes their natural habits and healing qualities,
sometimes a recipe for a traditional remedy, lotion or ointment and often
a sauce, jelly, vinegar or tea. Linda Ours Rago has a unique
window into the vanishing traditional Appalachian culture with its reliance
on herbal healing. She has heard the herbal lore of three generations
of women in her own family and during her twenty-five year career as an
herbalist, author and teacher has shared herbal wisdom with hundreds of
other women. She brings not only first-hand knowledge of herbal remedies
and habits to this her fourth book, but also the magic ingredient of affection,
humor and respect for the plants themselves. |
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