Llewellyn's 2024 Herbal Almanac: A Practical Guide to Growing, Cooking & Crafting
Cutting-Edge Botanical Wisdom for All Herbalists

Expand your herbal practice with an inspiring crop of ideas for growing and benefiting from some of nature's most versatile vegetation. With its hands-on projects and herbal insight, this almanac is a perennial favorite among gardeners, cooks, crafters, and other plant enthusiasts.

Now in its 25th year, Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac features exciting new articles about fruit tree guilds, herb-flavored desserts, functional aprons, and more. This guide provides easy-to-follow plans for a hobbit garden, dog garden, and spaghetti sauce garden, as well as in-depth profiles on zucchini, spinach, caraway, and garlic. It also includes a twelve-month gardening log with calendars, moon phases, and tips. Whether you are interested in bucket gardening, floral arranging, natural food colorings, or wild plant cultivation, this almanac is sure to keep you engaged throughout the year.

• DIY gardening solutions and companion planting guide
• Mushroom foraging
• Business tips for herbalists
• Herbal remedies for better sleep
• Recipes and craft ideas

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Llewellyn's 2024 Herbal Almanac: A Practical Guide to Growing, Cooking & Crafting
Cutting-Edge Botanical Wisdom for All Herbalists

Expand your herbal practice with an inspiring crop of ideas for growing and benefiting from some of nature's most versatile vegetation. With its hands-on projects and herbal insight, this almanac is a perennial favorite among gardeners, cooks, crafters, and other plant enthusiasts.

Now in its 25th year, Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac features exciting new articles about fruit tree guilds, herb-flavored desserts, functional aprons, and more. This guide provides easy-to-follow plans for a hobbit garden, dog garden, and spaghetti sauce garden, as well as in-depth profiles on zucchini, spinach, caraway, and garlic. It also includes a twelve-month gardening log with calendars, moon phases, and tips. Whether you are interested in bucket gardening, floral arranging, natural food colorings, or wild plant cultivation, this almanac is sure to keep you engaged throughout the year.

• DIY gardening solutions and companion planting guide
• Mushroom foraging
• Business tips for herbalists
• Herbal remedies for better sleep
• Recipes and craft ideas

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Llewellyn's 2024 Herbal Almanac: A Practical Guide to Growing, Cooking & Crafting

Llewellyn's 2024 Herbal Almanac: A Practical Guide to Growing, Cooking & Crafting

Llewellyn's 2024 Herbal Almanac: A Practical Guide to Growing, Cooking & Crafting

Llewellyn's 2024 Herbal Almanac: A Practical Guide to Growing, Cooking & Crafting

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Cutting-Edge Botanical Wisdom for All Herbalists

Expand your herbal practice with an inspiring crop of ideas for growing and benefiting from some of nature's most versatile vegetation. With its hands-on projects and herbal insight, this almanac is a perennial favorite among gardeners, cooks, crafters, and other plant enthusiasts.

Now in its 25th year, Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac features exciting new articles about fruit tree guilds, herb-flavored desserts, functional aprons, and more. This guide provides easy-to-follow plans for a hobbit garden, dog garden, and spaghetti sauce garden, as well as in-depth profiles on zucchini, spinach, caraway, and garlic. It also includes a twelve-month gardening log with calendars, moon phases, and tips. Whether you are interested in bucket gardening, floral arranging, natural food colorings, or wild plant cultivation, this almanac is sure to keep you engaged throughout the year.

• DIY gardening solutions and companion planting guide
• Mushroom foraging
• Business tips for herbalists
• Herbal remedies for better sleep
• Recipes and craft ideas


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780738768953
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date: 07/08/2023
Series: Llewellyn's 2024 Calendars, Almanacs & Datebooks , #6
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 189,775
Product dimensions: 7.90(w) x 5.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

As the world's oldest and largest independent publisher of books for body, mind, and spirit, Llewellyn is dedicated to bringing our readers the very best in metaphysical books and resources. Since 1901, we've been at the forefront of holistic and metaphysical publishing and thought. We've been a source of illumination, instruction, and new perspectives on a wealth of topics, including astrology, tarot, wellness, earth-based spirituality, magic, and the paranormal. From e-books to tarot-themed iPhone apps, Llewellyn has embraced the Digital Age to continue our mission.

Llewellyn also partners with Italian publisher Lo Scarabeo, as the exclusive US and Canadian distributor of their beautiful tarot and oracle decks. They also partner with Blue Angel, an Australian publisher of oracles, books, CDs, and other sidelines.


Monica Crosson (Concrete, Washington) is a Master Gardener who has taught gardening through her local Washington State University’s extension office for more than twenty-five years. She has been a practicing Witch and educator for over thirty years and is a member of Evergreen Coven. Monica is the author of The Magickal Family and is a regular contributor to magazines such as Enchanted Living and Witchology. Visit her at AuthorMonicaCrosson.com.


Natalie Zaman is the author of Color and Conjure and Magical Destinations of the Northeast (Llewellyn); the co-author of Sirenz (Flux), Sirenz Back In Fashion (Flux), and Blonde Ops (Thomas Dunne Books); and is a contributor to various Llewellyn annual publications.


Diana Rajchel began her career planning to serve as clergy and write about all subjects spiritual. It did not occur to her or anyone else to say with what agency she might assume priesthood. The result of this oversight in intention setting is that she is now an itinerant city priestess, well-practiced witch, and somewhat unintentional subversive. Her background includes Wicca, folk witchcraft, conjure, and a whole lot of experience organizing people that don’t like knowing that they’re organized. Diana splits her time between San Francisco, California, where she co-owns Golden Apple Metaphysical, and southwestern Michigan, where she runs Earth and Sun spiritual coaching with her partner. In between her wanderings she teaches as part of the Magick 101 series for Wicked Grounds Annex in San Francisco, and teaches and reads tarot at Elements Kalamazoo in Michigan. Diana has 25 years’ experience as a professional tarot reader and western herbalist and has 29 years’ experience as a professional writer. She is also the pet DragonCat to a very ladylike boxer named Nora.


Lupa (Portland, OR) is a neoshaman, artist and sustainability geek. She has been working with animal magic in various forms since the 1990s and has developed a self-created and spirit-directed neoshamanic path. She possesses a Master's degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis on ecopsychology. Visit her online at TheGreenWolf.com.


JD Walker is the vice chancellor of the House of Akasha, a North Carolina pagan group. She is an award-winning author, journalist, and magazine editor as well as a frequent contributor to the Llewellyn annuals. Walker has written a regular garden column for over thirty years, and she is the author of A Witch's Guide to Wildcraft and Under the Sacred Canopy. She resides in Greensboro, North Carolina.


Raechel Henderson is a Pagan and witch, following an eclectic and independent path. She currently works with Hestia and Turtle in her magical practice. She contributes articles to Llewellyn's almanacs and calendars, and she blogs about magic, creativity, and living by your own patterns. Raechel is a dual-class seamstress/shieldmaiden and has been sewing professionally since 2008. She is also the author of Sew Witchy, The Scent of Lemon & Rosemary, and The Natural Home Wheel of the Year. Visit her on Instagram: @idiorhythmic


Holly Bellebuono (Massachusetts) is an entrepreneur and herbalist of 30 years. Through courses, workshops, and retreats, she guides people to think creatively about success, business, healing, and purpose. Visit her at HollyBellebuono.com.


Susan “Moonwriter” Pesznecker is a writer, college English teacher, nurse, and hearth Pagan/Druid living in northwestern Oregon. Sue holds a Masters degree in professional writing and loves to read, watch the stars, camp with her wonder poodle, and work in her own biodynamic garden. She is co-founder of the Druid Grove of Two Coasts and the online Ars Viarum Magicarum—A Magical Conservatory and Community. Sue has authored Yule: Rituals, Recipes, & Lore for the Winter Solstice (Llewellyn, 2015); The Magickal Retreat (Llewellyn, 2012); and Crafting Magick with Pen and Ink (Llewellyn, 2009); and is a regular contributor to Llewellyn's almanacs and calendars. Visit her online at http://www.susanpesznecker.com/.


Linda Raedisch has been contributing crafts, recipes, and ethnobotanical lore to Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac since 2012. She is the author of The Old Magic of Christmas and The Lore of Old Elfland. Outside the kitchen, she has special interests in papercrafts, minority languages, and exploring the suburban jungle. You can follow her culinary, crafting, and linguistic adventures on Instagram @lindaraedisch.

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction to Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Growing and Gathering
Taming the Wild Plant by JD Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Fruit Tree Guilds by Jordan Charbonneau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Over the Hedgerow: Plant a Living Fence by Monica Crosson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Mushroom Foraging for Beginners by Lupa . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Cultivating a Hobbit Garden by Natalie Zaman . . . . . . . . . .53
Bucket Garden Dos and Don'ts by Diana Rajchel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Cooking
Pasta, the World's Favorite Food by Dawn Ritchie . . . . . . . .79
It's Greek to Me: A Few Greek Salads by James Kambos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Desserts with Herbs by Sara Mellas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Natural Food Colorings by Elizabeth Barrette . . . . . . . . . . . 113
An Italian-American Family Garden by Marilyn I. Bellemore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Health and Beauty
Pollen by Suzanne Ress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Herbal Remedies for Better Sleep by Mireille Blacke, RD, CD-N . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Antivirals by Charlie Rainbow Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

DIY and Crafts
Herbal Drying Racks and Techniques by Rachael Witt . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 175
Herbal Business Tips and Strategies by Holly Bellebuono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Simple Floral Arranging by Annie Burdick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sew an Apron by Raechel Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Plant Profiles Plant Profiles: USDA Hardiness Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Zucchini by Anne Sala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Garlic by Kathy Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Caraway by Linda Raedisch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Spinach by Susan Pesznecker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Gardening Resources
Companion Planting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Cooking with Herbs and Spices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Gardening Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
2024 Themed Garden Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Planning Your 2024 Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
2024 Gardening Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Gardening by the Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

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