Well, I gotta tell you... I was extremely excited to get my copy of Tina's new book, Under The Sun, The First Five Years.
For those of you on HerbMentor.com that do not know Tina Sams, it means you have not been participating much in the Forums. So, get on over there. :)
Tina is the editor of the Essential Herbal, which is the only herbal mag I actually read cover to cover. There are other herbal magazines..you know the glossy ones. AND granted they are pretty to look at with all the photos, but they spend more time on graphic design that meaty content. Either that or they try to hit too wide of an audience. So, the result is usually a publication that I read only a couple of articles in.
For herbal learners like us...meaning the hands-on, Earth based type. The kind of herbalist who uses the actual plants in making home remedies rather than use supplements... who stays healthy by learning how herbs nourish us rather than to use herbs as drugs... who wants to connect with how our ancestors were staying healthy and related to the world rather than finding the new fangled exotic wonder herb that will cure all diseases... well, that's the Essential Herbal.
So, in that regard, Under the Sun is just for our kind of herbalist.
This is not a gardening book. This is not an herbal cook book. This is not a book on herbal remedies, nor is it a crafts book, a body care book, an herbal gifts book, a soap making book, an herbal history book, a book on herbal stories and poetry, nor is it a book on herbal lifestyle or philosophy.
So what is it a book on? ALL THESE THINGS!
In this 220 page, 8 1/2 x 11 publication, you feel like you are meandering in an old herb garden on a warm summer evening. Just like an issue of the Essential Herbal, it goes wanders down many paths of herb beds, leading you to wherever your passion lies.
As you may know by now, herbs are a limitless area of study. Just as you can spend your whole life using herbs and never repeat the same recipe twice, you can also spend you life using this book and never repeat the same recipe twice. There are just SO many ideas in here.
However, do not let that overwhelm you. Herbal books are not meant to be studied cover to cover. You have them on your shelf, you pull one down from time to time, flip through it, find something that inspires you, and then do it.
This book is FULL of inspirations and I promise you it will be one that you WILL pull down more often than not.
There is NO other herbal book like Under the Sun.
Being a more recent subscriber, I am excited to have access to ALL these back articles. Pick up a copy right now, and you truly will have everything under the sun.
You can visit the EssentialHerbal right here and pick up a copy today.
Thanks Tina for this amazing resource and labor or love!
