The Christian Herb Gardener's Handbook: A Beginner's Guide

Great read. I enjoyed the researched information with the Bible passage connections. It's good for those seeking to use more natural products and remedies but not delve into alternative lifestyles.

Author starts by sharing her story of falling into occult practices with herbalism, then getting out of it. She shares from a solid biblical perspective what is wrong with traditional herbalism, what buzz words to watch out for, etc. She is transparent and authentic. After this intro (which i found extremely helpful in many ways) she gets into simply growing and using plants. This book is exactly what i was hoping for. I already returned one that seemed great but had witchcraft in it. This plainly explains what to avoid and why, and how to use plants safely both from a physical and a spiritual perspective.

If you are looking for a well organized resource that will help you not only grow herbs but also use them effectively, this is the book you have been looking for. Meg Grimm does a great job writing in a way that invites the reader into her garden and into her personal experience. Providing faith-based practices that clear up misconcenptions help fellow Christians navigate herbalism and use them safely, both spiritually and physically. It's a journey that I was excited to take after reading Meg's work.

Informative!

I wish this had a slightly more detailed description. I have been looking at medicinal herbs and teas but without all the “witchcraft” like many other books tend to lean. While this definitely is a good book if you’re beginning and I really like that it gives a recipe with generic “insert any herb here” instructions so that it’s not a book filled with 10 of the same recipe just switch herbs. I also wish it had more medicinal teaching. It seems they narrowed this down to like two pages worth of information which I could have just printed online. As a beginner who already did quite a bit of research. This should be $10-12 and not $22 because now I’ll have to buy another book for mid-level knowledge which I was hoping this would have and I would only have to buy one book I could reference forever.