{"product_id":"opals-wild-plant-remedy-encyclopedia","title":"Opal's Wild Plant \u0026 Remedy Encyclopedia","description":"\u003clink href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400;500;600;700\u0026amp;display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e.prod-wrapper{max-width:900px !important;margin:0 auto !important;padding:0 16px 40px !important;font-family:\"Poppins\",-apple-system,\"Segoe UI\",sans-serif !important;color:#2a2620 !important;line-height:1.7 !important;font-size:16px !important}.prod-wrapper *{box-sizing:border-box !important}.prod-wrapper p{margin:0 0 14px !important}.prod-hero{background:#46583a !important;color:#fffdf7 !important;border-radius:10px !important;padding:34px 30px !important;text-align:center !important;margin:0 0 26px !important}.prod-hero .ic{font-size:34px !important;display:block !important;margin:0 0 10px !important}.prod-hero h2{font-size:27px !important;font-weight:700 !important;margin:0 0 10px 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(max-width:600px){.prod-includes{grid-template-columns:1fr !important}.prod-hero h2{font-size:22px !important}}\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero\" style=\"background:#46583a !important;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\" style=\"color:#fffdf7 !important;\"\u003e🌿\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"color:#fffdf7 !important;\"\u003eFive Generations of Kentucky Plant Knowledge, Written Down at Last\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#e8e3d2 !important;\"\u003eOpal Ledford is 79. She is the fifth granny woman in her family and the last one. Over 41 weekends she dictated everything she knows to her granddaughter — more than 400 plants and 150 preparations that had never been on paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e“Nobody writes down what they already know. That is exactly the part that gets lost.”\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e— Opal Ledford, Harlan County, Kentucky\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-st\"\u003eWhat Is Inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\"\u003e📖\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe First Chapter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix things no plant book tells you — written before a single recipe\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\"\u003e🌿\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e400+ Plants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere each grows, when to take it, how to know it\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\"\u003e🥤\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e150+ Preparations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSalves, teas, syrups, poultices, oils and vinegars\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\"\u003e📅\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Gathering Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat comes up when, month by month\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-st\"\u003eWhy This Book Is Different\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\"\u003e💭\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Everyday Layer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOther books hold what someone once wrote down. This one holds what nobody wrote down, because every woman in the line could already do it without thinking. That layer existed in one place only: Opal.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\"\u003e🗺\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ridge-and-Month Method\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo entry gives you just a name. Each one names the slope it grows on, the month to take it, how to recognise it, and what it can be mistaken for.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\"\u003e✍\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Forty-One Weekends\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery line came out of Opal out loud, and every finished page was read back to her before print. She corrected as they went, for two years. No page went unchecked.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\"\u003e🍳\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kitchen-Shelf Standard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver 150 preparations, and not one asks for something you have to order in. Opal’s rule while dictating: if it does not sit in an ordinary kitchen, it stays out.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\"\u003e🌱\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Three-Prong Rule\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGinseng is never taken under three prongs, and the berries go back in the ground. That is not politeness — it is Kentucky law, and it runs through every protected plant in the book.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ic\"\u003e👥\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne Woman, 51 Years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot a committee and not a compilation. One person who did this every season since 1965, in one county, on one mountain.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\" style=\"background:#2f3d27 !important;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#eae6d8 !important;\"\u003e“What makes a record like this rare has nothing to do with the number of plants in it. Almost all of Appalachian plant knowledge travelled by watching, never on paper, and the parts that were written down were always the unusual cases. The ordinary working knowledge — which slope, which week, which look-alike — was never considered worth recording, because everyone in the community already had it. When that community thins out, that layer goes first and it goes silently. A first-hand account taken directly from a practitioner in her own words, checked line by line, is the only way it survives at all.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"who\" style=\"color:#cbb98a !important; font-style:normal !important;\"\u003e— Dr. Marianne Boothe, folklorist, Center for Appalachian Cultural Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-st\"\u003eWho It Is For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🌿 Foragers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🏠 Homesteaders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🧬 Home herbalists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e📚 Reference collectors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🌲 Anyone with woods nearby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🎁 A gift for a gardener\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e👩 Grandmothers and granddaughters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🌾 Anyone starting from zero\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-st\"\u003eThe Standard It Was Held To\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNothing shortened.\u003c\/b\u003e Dana’s one rule as a nurse: every plant gets its full entry, written the way Opal says it, not condensed into a table.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChecked while it could still be checked.\u003c\/b\u003e Opal heard every finished page read aloud and corrected it before anything went to print.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTwo access routes.\u003c\/b\u003e Look a plant up by name, or work backwards from the season you are standing in.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCloth bound to stay open.\u003c\/b\u003e Sewn binding, heavy boards, made to live on a counter rather than a shelf.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSourced from one practitioner.\u003c\/b\u003e Not assembled from other books. Everything traces back to one line of women in one Kentucky county.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e30-Day Peace of Mind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeep it on the counter for a month and take it out once. If it is not what you hoped for, email us and send it back. No questions, no forms, no explaining yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePlease read before ordering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a historical and cultural record of traditional home practice in the southern Appalachians. It is not medical advice, and nothing in it is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Correctly identifying a wild plant is the reader’s own responsibility, and some plants have dangerous look-alikes. Speak to a physician before using any plant preparation — particularly if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication or treating a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-st\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardcover, cloth bound over boards, sewn binding\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExtent\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e640 pages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eContents\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e400+ plants, 150+ preparations, opening chapter on field identification\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBotanical line engravings throughout\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForest green linen, cream foil\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEastern North American plants — most range far beyond Appalachia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSource\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDictated by Opal Ledford, Harlan County, Kentucky, over 41 weekends\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRecorded by\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDana Ledford, RN — her granddaughter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShipping\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFree US shipping, ships within 3–5 business days\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eReturns\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 days\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"As Told by Opal Ledford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54791492338007,"sku":"HHE-OPAL-001","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/9505\/2887\/files\/g1-cover.jpg?v=1787921015","url":"https:\/\/www.marlowmarketco.com\/products\/opals-wild-plant-remedy-encyclopedia","provider":"Marlow Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}