The Sixty
The sixty plants worth knowing by name. Where they grow, how to spot them, when to cut, how to dry, how long they keep.
PLATE NO. 1
The Old Ways Field Guide
You bought the jars. You never made anything.
The dried herbs are still in the cupboard. The amber bottles are still empty. Half a raised bed, mostly weeds.
It isn't discipline and it isn't a green thumb. Nobody ever walked you through it in order.
- 60 plants — how to spot, cut, dry and store each one
- Exact ratios and steep times for tinctures, oils, vinegars, salves
- Organized by season and by shelf, not by theory
- Starts with what's already in your kitchen and your yard
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- Plant identification
- Tinctures
- Infused oils
- Salves & balms
- Drying & storing
- Fermenting
- Seed calendar
- Pantry rebuild
- Teaching kids
- Plant identification
- Tinctures
- Infused oils
- Salves & balms
- Drying & storing
- Fermenting
- Seed calendar
- Pantry rebuild
- Teaching kids
The actual reason
The plant was fine. The method wasn't.
Most people put dried herbs in hot water and decide the herbs are weak. Water pulls sugars and some acids. It leaves resins and oils sitting in the plant.
Change the solvent and the same plant behaves completely differently — it's basic extraction, and it's the single thing nobody tells beginners.
Illustrative comparison of how much of a plant's usable content different methods reach. Replace with sourced figures before running paid traffic.
Why you never learned it
This was never studied. It was shown.
Nobody read this in a book. They stood next to somebody in a kitchen, at the right time of year, with the plant in their hand.
That chain broke about two generations back — not because anyone disproved it, but because families stopped living close enough for the showing to happen.
So the gap isn't in you. It's a missing step between wanting to know and being taught. This is that step, written in the order it was originally shown.
FIG. 2
2
generations
is roughly how long ago the kitchen handoff stopped happening in most families
Contents
Seven sections. 140 pages.
Extraction
Tinctures, infused oils, vinegars, glycerites, salves. Exact ratios, exact timing, and how to label a jar so you know what it is in eight months.
The Pantry Rebuild
Read a label in eight seconds. What the vague words on the back actually cover, and a swap list that won't triple your grocery bill.
Seed to Shelf
A twelve-month planting calendar by zone. What to put in first, and what to grow if all you have is a windowsill and a south wall.
Keeping It
Fermenting, drying, root cellaring, water-bath canning. The four methods that cover nearly everything a garden produces.
The Starter Kit
The fourteen things to actually buy, where to get them, and what's a waste of money. Whole kit under two hundred dollars.
Passing It Down
What a four-year-old, a nine-year-old and a fourteen-year-old can each actually handle in a garden and a kitchen.
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The Reading List
The twenty-two books, in the order to read them. The ones actually worth the shelf space.
Free
$29 included
Pantry Swap Cards
Printable. Goes on the fridge. One column what's in there now, one column what replaces it.
Free
$39 included
Seed-to-Shelf Calendar
Twelve months. Your zone. What goes in the ground, what comes out, what gets put up.
Free
$29 included
Tea & Infusion Cards
Something to make tonight. Five minutes, three ingredients, one pot.
Free
$19 included
The Label Decoder
Wallet-sized. Twenty-two ingredient names and what they're standing in for.
What to expect
Where readers usually are, by when
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First few days
Section I read, first plant identified in your own yard. First tea or infusion made from something you picked yourself.
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First 2–3 weeks
First tincture started and labeled correctly. Starter Apothecary list bought or already half-owned.
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First 1–2 months
A full shelf of jars you actually know the contents of. Pantry Rebuild swaps made in your own kitchen.
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Long-term
Seed-to-shelf calendar running on its own rhythm — planting, drying, and keeping without opening the guide every time.
The honest comparison
Why this works when a shelf of unused jars didn't
The Old Ways Field Guide
- One order, organized by season and shelf
- Exact ratios and timing for every method
- Starts from zero — no prior plant ID needed
- A shelf you can explain the contents of in 8 months
- One flat price, yours to keep
Buying more supplies you won't use
- One more jar bought on impulse, no system to use it in
- Guessing at steep time and hoping it's right
- Assumes you already know what you're looking at
- A shelf you're afraid to use in 8 months
- Another supply run every time a new plant comes up
The whole thing
Everything, once, for forty-seven dollars.
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The Field Guide
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The Reading List
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Pantry Swap Cards
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Seed-to-Shelf Calendar
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Tea & Infusion Cards
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The Label Decoder
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This is for you if
- You want to grow and make things yourself instead of buying them
- You're rebuilding what's in your kitchen and don't know where to start
- You're teaching kids at home and want something real to teach
- You'd rather know the names of the plants in your own yard
This isn't for you if
- You're looking for treatment for a diagnosed condition — this book won't do that, and anyone selling you that is lying to you
- You want someone else to tell you what to do rather than learn it
30
Days
Read it. Make something. Then decide.
Pull one tincture or rebuild one shelf. If it isn't worth what you paid, email inside thirty days for a full refund — and keep the files. We're not going to pretend we can take a PDF back.
Questions
Questions
Is this a physical book?
Digital. A print-formatted PDF plus a mobile version, sent to your inbox within two minutes. Print it if you want — it's laid out for letter paper.
Do I need a garden?
No. Section 4 includes a full windowsill plan. Most people start with four pots and a south-facing sill.
I've never grown anything. Is it too advanced?
That's the assumed starting point. Section 1 begins from not being able to identify a single plant.
How long before I've actually made something?
The first project in Section 2 takes about fifteen minutes with three things most people already own.
Do I need special equipment?
Fourteen items, under $200 total, and most people already own half. Section 6 says exactly what to skip.
Can this treat a health condition?
No. This is educational material on gardening, food and traditional plant craft. It doesn't diagnose, treat or cure anything and it isn't a substitute for a doctor. If you're unwell, see one.
What if it isn't for me?
Email inside thirty days for a full refund. No form, no reason required, and you keep the files.