Not a manifesto for the "Leaglise" movement, but a cookbook of sorts with all sorts of handy advice for keen gardeners and non-conformists alike on how to use herbal remedy type solutions and home make those things that you would normally pay for someone else to make.
I thought I'd read this as an antidote to the psychological books I'd been into lately and sure enough it's very, very different. The approach is one I kind of agree with as a choice, drugs in and of themselves are not bad, anymore than lotions and ointments made in factory are not. This is a way to make these yourself, not preach how awful all these chemicals are etc...
Which is good because a huge percentage of these "chemicals" are present in naturally occurring things - which is where we got them from in the first place. Like Acetyl-Salicylic Acid - which became Aspirin (Dispirin) and Heroin and a few other choice drugs.
What was interesting was how make emulsions and oils and what all the differing things do. There's loads of gardening advice and then page after page of "recipe".
Interesting to read about someone else's passion - on a scientific subject delivered so rustically, but with common sense and not a head full of "belief" and "nature" as if these two things can convince any rational mind.
Enough ranting, it was interesting but not fascinating. A curiosity.
Next Week: The Black Cloud by Sir Fred Hoyle (or the Infinite Crisis Graphic Novel - depending on how much time I have).
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