Product Description: A practical guide to all aspects of edible wild plants: finding and identifying them, their seasons of harvest, and their methods of collection and preparation. Each plant is discussed in great detail and accompanied by excellent color photographs. Includes an index, illustrated glossary, bibliography, and harvest calendar. The perfect guide for all experience levels.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Not a keeper for me
While the information included here is extensive for the limited number of plants covered, it wasn't useful for me. As a relative neophyte in this area who'd like to take advantage of plants growing wild ... Read More
Rating: - It fills the void!
This book is unique in that it fills a big void in the other wild edible books out there. This void is filled mainly by the chapters entitled "Harvest and Preparation Methods for Wild Plant Foods" and "Storing ... Read More
Rating: - Outstanding for the upper midwest
It would be a very difficult task indeed to create a book that really does a good job of treating edible wild plants from all of North America. The books that attempt to do so rely way too much on other written ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent book!
This book has great detailed information! It's been very useful to me when I've been out foraging.
Rating: - Disappointing for California Foragers
We vacation in the Sierra Nevada every summer and I wanted to start learning about foraging in these beautiful forests. Unfortunately, information for this area is sorely lacking in this volume. I'm sure the Indians ... Read More
- Not a keeper for me
- It fills the void!
- Disappointing for California Foragers