Backyard Foraging

65 Familiar Plants You Didn’t Know You Could Eat

Ellen Zachos

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Storey Publishing LLC
12 March 2013

Self-sufficiency; Gardening; Trees, wildflowers & 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 neighbourhoods. Full-colour 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.

By: Ellen Zachos
Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781612120096
ISBN 10: 1612120091
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 12 March 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Reviews for Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn’t Know You Could Eat

[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 Forget farm to table. Here's weed to bowl. ... Extremely appealing.