Description: Foraging for Edible Wild Plants is a practical and attractive guide to the many edible varieties of wild plant that grow all around us. It will appeal to gardeners, botanists, cooks and foragers, and to anyone who wants to control invasive plants and weeds in eco-friendly ways. Wild plants have many virtues. They are: Valuable for wildlife and beneficial insects.Good for the soil - locking in nutrientsHelpful in the accumulation of trace elements in soilHosts for essential mycorrhizal fungi undergroundInteresting and unusual ingredients in cooking Foraging for Edible Wild Plants provides full details of over 50 edible species, with: Illustrated notes on appearance and habitatValuable nutritional informationadvice on how to cook themnumerous recipe suggestions for jams, cordials, pesto, salads and soupsfascinating historical factstips for non-culinary uses such as dyes from nettles and soap from soapwortadvice on controlling invasive species such as knotweed (eat them!)identifying wild plants that are harmful if eatenattractive colour photographs throughout. Foraging for Edible Wild Plants covers both common plants, such as nettle, dandelion, chickweed and ground elder, and less common ones, such as brooklime and wintercress. The author is a qualified dietician and horticulturalist, who puts her troublesome weeds to good use. Put Foraging for Edible Wild Plants on the bookshelf to do the same and welcome some new, plentiful edibles into the kitchen.
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Location: East Hanover, New Jersey
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EAN: 9780857845511
UPC: 9780857845511
ISBN: 9780857845511
MPN: N/A
Edition: 2
Book Title: Foraging for Edible Wild Plants : How to Identify, Cook and Enjoy Them
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Herbs, Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / General, Outdoor Skills
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Sports & Recreation, Science, Gardening
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Gail Harland
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
