She actually tried every weed she researched for the book and had to learn to do illustrations and paint.
"A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust." ~ Gertrude Jekyll

I just finished a novel that had three story lines in it. The woman in the 1600’s did all of these things like making tinctures and eating weeds and curing the sick - and she was labeled a WITCH! ;)
