Jerry Bakers Herbal Pharmacy

If plants are like people, then herbs are the doctors of the plant world - fixing up whatever ails you, your home, and your garden! And after 45+ years of working hard in the yard, there's no one better to introduce you to these terrific, talented plants than America's Master Gardener.

How to grow grass.

The author's suggestions for using common household products to controls pests of all types in the yard and garden.

Handy hints, timely tonics, and super solutions to turn your yard into a green garden paradise!

Super remedies--in the supermarket? You bet! ... you'll learn how to unlock the amazing healing powers of ordinary household products ... -- page [4] of cover.

Master gardener Jerry Baker provides over 1,000 tips on growing vegetables from planning to harvest.

Explains the fundamentals of vegetable gardening, from selecting the right spot and planning the right layout to organic gardening and frost protection.

Recipes for homemade tonics, salves, and poultices that can prevent, heal, and cure common health ailments are featured in this reference to folk medicines. Products in the kitchen cabinet, refrigerator, medicine chest, and garden can replace or supplement many expensive medicines through the innovative formulas detailed. Easing arthritis with a hot pepper cream, relieving back pain with a hot tea toddy, and lowering cholesterol with a dash of lemon juice are examples of the benefits of using these home remedies.

Jerry Baker provides the down-to-earth information about gardening that Americans have come to rely on. From the five P's of gardening -- Pride, Patience, Persistence, Practice, and a little bit of Prayer -- to dozens of homegrown remedies, Baker provides wise, witty secrets for sure success.