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Backyard Foraging : 65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat by Ellen Zachos (2013, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherStorey Publishing
ISBN-101612120091
ISBN-139781612120096
eBay Product ID (ePID)144040125

Product Key Features

Book TitleBackyard Foraging : 65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicPlants / General, Sustainable Living, Ornamental Plants
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, House & Home, Gardening
AuthorEllen Zachos
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight18.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Reviewseoe[An] impressively comprehensive guide by horticulturist Zachos, who stresses the eoeease and elegancee of foraging familiar plantse"greens, fruits, nuts, seeds, tubers, and fungie"in yards and nearby environs. e Eye-catching sidebars on legality, quick plant identification, food-preparation tips, and more accompany the main text, which is abundantly illustrated with full-color photos throughout.e, [An] impressively comprehensive guide by horticulturist Zachos, who stresses the ease and elegance of foraging familiar plants-greens, fruits, nuts, seeds, tubers, and fungi-in yards and nearby environs. … Eye-catching sidebars on legality, quick plant identification, food-preparation tips, and more accompany the main text, which is abundantly illustrated with full-color photos throughout., "[An] impressively comprehensive guide by horticulturist Zachos, who stresses the "ease and elegance" of foraging familiar plants--greens, fruits, nuts, seeds, tubers, and fungi--in yards and nearby environs. ... Eye-catching sidebars on legality, quick plant identification, food-preparation tips, and more accompany the main text, which is abundantly illustrated with full-color photos throughout.", "[An] impressively comprehensive guide by horticulturist Zachos, who stresses the "ease and elegance" of foraging familiar plants--greens, fruits, nuts, seeds, tubers, and fungi--in yards and nearby environs. ... Eye-catching sidebars on legality, quick plant identification, food-preparation tips, and more accompany the main text, which is abundantly illustrated with full-color photos throughout." -- John Kallas, director of Wild Food Adventures
Dewey Decimal581.632
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 Getting Started: Identifying Habitats in the 'Hood Ensuring Safety * Ethical Harvesting 2 Harvest with Care: You Don't Have to Sacrifice Your Scenery Picking Shoots and Young Foliage * Foraging Flowers, Fruits, and Nuts * Digging Roots and Tubers * Timing for Taste 3 Grazing Greens: Tasty Leaves and Stems 4 The Fruits of Nature's Labor: Edible Flowers and Fruits 5 Nature's Granola: Nuts and Seeds 6 Hidden Treasure: Roots, Tubers, and Rhizomes 7 Superstars: Plants with Many Edible Parts 8 Friendly Fungi: Five Easy Mushrooms 9 You Wouldn't Do This If It Didn't Taste Good: Preserving Advice and Basic Recipes Freezing * Dehydration * Syrups, Jams, and Jellies * Booze * Baked Goods and Savory Dishes * Fruity Miscellany * Resources and Recommended Reading * Books about Wild Edible Plants * Foraging Books and Blogs * Mushrooms * Vendors of Mushroom-Growing Supplies * Food Preparation Interior Photography Credits Index
SynopsisThere's food growing everywhere You'll be amazed by how many of the plants you see each day are actually nutritious edibles. Ideal for first-time foragers, this book features 70 edible weeds, flowers, mushrooms, and ornamental plants typically found in urban and suburban neighborhoods. Full-color photographs make identification easy, while tips on common plant locations, pesticides, pollution, and dangerous flora make foraging as safe and simple as stepping into your own backyard., Turn the everyday landscape into a food-filled paradise with this guide to safely identifying and consuming common edible plants., There's food growing everywhere! You'll be amazed by how many of the plants you see each day are actually nutritious edibles. Ideal for first-time foragers, this book features 70 edible weeds, flowers, mushrooms, and ornamental plants typically found in urban and suburban neighborhoods. Full-color photographs make identification easy, while tips on common plant locations, pesticides, pollution, and dangerous flora make foraging as safe and simple as stepping into your own backyard.
LC Classification NumberQK98.5

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  • This book has A lot of great information in it and interesting as well thank you

    This book has A lot of great information in it and interesting as well thank you

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  • A New Take on Eating Out

    I found the pictures and information about earing and preparing each plant to be everything one needs to know to get started. Once you find the plant, look it up on your phone for multi pictures to confirm you have the right thing. And chow down!

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  • Good intro to foraging book

    Just getting into foraging, and this is a very good starter book and interesting to poke around your house and see what you can eat

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  • It shows Pictures and Goes into detail on what plants are eatable

    It shows Pictures and Goes into detail on what plants are eatable. And that is what I wanted

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  • great illustrations very informative....

    great illustrations very informative.

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  • Good basic yoga

    Good for beginners

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  • Great book

    Very good book

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