Foraging as a way of life A year-round field guide to wild plants
Book - 2024
"Nourish your family from nature's pantry. Foraging as a Way of Life documents a full year of wildcrafting for abundant local and seasonal eating. Lavishly illustrated, detailed descriptions of each plant are written in an accessible style, complemented by profiles, recipes, and tips for safe and sustainable harvesting."--
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Gabriola Island, BC :
New Society Publishers
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 303 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Issued also in electronic formats - Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780865719972
- Disclaimer
- Territorial Acknowledgment
- Foreword
- How to Use This Book
- Welcome to This Book
- Notes About the Land
- A Year of Plants and Mushrooms
- Spring
- March
- Wild Ginger
- Weeping Willow
- Norway Maple
- Kinnikinnick
- Early Blue Violet
- April
- Cleavers
- Purple Dead Nettle
- Oxeye Daisy
- Hairy Bittercress
- Stinging Nettle
- May
- Dandelion
- Asparagus
- Prickly Lettuce
- Black Elderberry
- Catnip
- Summer
- June
- Red Clover
- Salsify
- Lamb's Quarters
- Common Mallow
- St. John's Wort
- July
- Saskatoon
- Sheep Sorrel
- Thimbleberry
- Oregon Grape
- Black Hawthorn
- August
- Curly Dock
- Western Giant Puffball
- Chokecherry
- White Sweetclover
- Plantain
- Fall
- September
- Purslane
- Common Burdock
- Chickweed
- White Chanterelle
- Lobster Mushroom
- October
- Yerrow
- Rosy Gomphidius
- Black Walnut
- Chicory
- Dog Rose
- November
- Late Fall Oyster Mushroom
- Large-leaved Avens
- Western Mountain Ash
- Prince's Pine
- Rocky Mountain Juniper
- Winter
- December
- Field Pennycress
- Trembling Aspen
- Ponderosa Pine
- White Spruce
- Western Redcedar
- January
- Lodgepole Pine
- Interior Douglas-fir
- Beaked Hazel
- Western Hemlock
- Paper Birch
- February
- Common Barberry
- Rocky Mountain Maple
- Sulphur Cinquefoil
- Black Cottonwood
- Lamb's Ears
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Drawings
- References
- Websites
- Index to Common and Scientific Names
- About the Author
- About New Society Publishers