ANNOUNCING THE REISSUE OF RICHO CECH’S POPULAR BOOK:

Growing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs (Cultivation, Conservation and Ecology), Second Edition

Written by Richo Cech and illustrated by Sena Cech.

This second edition was rewritten and published in 2017.  A compendium of information about 20 native herbs of North America and Hawaii, with an emphasis on conservation through cultivation.

Forward by the late Michael Moore

"Grow Your Own" By Richo Cech

Each chapter covers:

overview description

native range

range map(s)

Hardiness and adaptability

Ecology

Community

Life Cycle

Cultivation from Seed

Cultivation from Cuttings

General Care

Medicine

Yield

Harvest, Processing and Storage

Seed

Seed collecting, cleaning, storage and longevity

Adulteration and nomenclature

Conservation through cultivation

References

also... inspiration.  Inspiration to grow your own medicinal herbs, information about how to grow herbs that are generally considered ungrowable or difficult to grow.  Personal stories from the author that bring the subject matter right down home. Over 700 herbs are overviewed, but here is a list of the herbs that are covered in depth (each one an entire chapter):

Black Cohosh

Bloodroot

Blue Cohosh

Echinacea

Ginseng

Goldenseal

Kava Kava

Lady's Slipper Orchid

Lomatium

Osha

Peyote

Slippery Elm

Stillingia

Sundew

Trillium

False Unicorn

True Unicorn

Venus Flytrap

Virginia Snakeroot

Wild Yam

If you order a copy of this book, and you live within the US, we will ship it for free via media mail.

ISBN 978-0-9700312-8-0