Herbs and the Earth: An Evocative Excursion into the Lore & Legend of Our Common Herbs (Nonpareil Books, 12) Ancient & Medieval Literature ISBN13: 9780553383805 ISBN10: 0553383809 Material

ISBN13: 9780553383805 ISBN10: 0553383809 Material Type: paperback

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Herbs and the Earth: An Evocative Excursion into the Lore & Legend of Our Common Herbs (Nonpareil Books, 12) Ancient & Medieval Literature ISBN13: 9780553383805 ISBN10: 0553383809 MaterialLavender, basil, hyssop, balm, sage, rue the thinking gardeners guide to herbs. Writer naturalist Henry Beston, a founding father of the environmental movement, believed that a strong connection to nature is essential. It is only when we are aware of the earth and of the earth as poetry that we truly live, Beston says in his now classic Herbs and the Earth. In this book, Beston shares one of those connections as seen through the oldest group of plants