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| City Chick |
Posted - Aug 07 2009 : 03:59:42 AM
yesterday has me wanting more. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1602396922 The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants - by the Department of the Army.
It's a nice enough little book. Nice pictures to show you what the plant looks like and explains which part of the plant is edible. But I have no use for a plant that grows in Southeast Asia or the West Indies....
The book gives Description, Habitat & Distribution and Edible Parts. I think that if MaryJane gave this type of book some Farm Girl flair it could be a really great book. Some recipes - not just survival type info.
It has medicinal plants listed entirely separate and has no index. I find this book very hard to use. Oh, it needs a Farm Girl hand to it badly.
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| Niamh |
Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 10:58:26 PM
I would love more information on foraging - I wish I could remember the website I found a few years ago for just such a thing. It was fantastic.
I've tried dandelions several times, but I must be trying the wrong type or at the wrong stage in their growth - they've been horrid.
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| lacisne88 |
Posted - Aug 19 2009 : 6:43:57 PM
Yes! That is a great idea o include foraging in one of her books. I would love that, and it would be useful info to know. Not just for "survival" but to live on what we have growing around us. Natural food :)
Chelsey
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| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 10 2009 : 08:53:35 AM
Deb... The book sounds great... What a fun skill to have.
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 08 2009 : 11:43:40 AM
I would love to learn more foraging skills! I am going to be looking for information in my area for local forageables.
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| NikkiBeaumont |
Posted - Aug 08 2009 : 09:02:02 AM
LOL! I love your line "Oh, it needs a Farm Girl hand to it badly."!
That would be some really interesting information to have. I have seen a book similar to this at the store at Russell Cave National Monument. I wonder if they sell those types of books at all of the National Parks and Monuments?
I've been collecting photos of our wildflowers here in Alabama, but I know I will be itching to find some edible plants when it is finally cool enough to attempt camping here again.
I hope others have some information on this topic that they can share!
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