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Foraging for Wild Edible Foods: A Folding Pocket Guide to Sustainable Practices & Harvesting Techniques
Foraging for Wild Edible Foods: A Folding Pocket Guide to Sustainable Practices & Harvesting Techniques - Folding Pocket Guide
WFP161
Foraging involves finding, identifying and harvesting wild edible plants. It is a healthy outdoor activity that puts one in touch with nature and provides a bounty of fresh, nutritious, free food. This handy pocket guide provides simplified reference to the approved practices for harvesting wild edible plants in a sustainable manner. Topics include a harvesting strategy, safety (including the universal edibility test), and the proper tools and methods to harvest berries/fruits, nuts, leaves/shoots/stems, roots/tubers and mushrooms. Laminated for durability, this lightweight, pocket-sized folding guide is a portable source of practical...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Folding Pocket Guide
Dimensions (IN): 4 x 8
Author: James Kavanagh
ISBN: 9781620052785
$895
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Start Mushrooming: The Reliable Way to Forage 2nd Edition - Book
AVK066
Begin Identifying and Collecting Seven Edible Mushrooms! Since 1993,   Start Mushrooming   has been the trusted guide for beginners. This second edition introduces seven of the most common, edible wild mushrooms in North America. It features more photographs and expert tips from award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela that make mushroom identification even easier.   Start Mushrooming includes the information you need to start foraging with confidence. The focused look at seven wild, edible mushrooms includes a unique checklist-based approach to help you confirm each mushroom’s identity. Plus, details on toxic species...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 8
Author: Stan Tekiela
ISBN: 9781591938309
$1495
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Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat
Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat - Book
WPC024
Due March 2013. You don't need to trek into the forest to forage edible plants. Ideal for first-time foragers, this book features 70 edible weeds, flowers, mushrooms, and ornamental plants typically found in urban or suburban neighborhoods. . You'll be amazed by how many of the plants you see each day are actually nutritious edibles. Full-color photographs make identification easy, and tips on where certain plants are likely to be found, how to avoid pollution and pesticides, and how to recognize the plants you should NEVER harvest make foraging as safe and simple as stepping into your own backyard.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Author: Ellen Zachos
ISBN: 9781612120096
$1699
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Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide
Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide - Book
WPC025
With Rosemary Gladstar's expert advice, anyone can make their own herbal remedies for common ailments, such as aloe lotion for poison ivy, dandelion-burdock tincture for sluggish digestion, and lavender-lemon balm tea for stress relief. . Gladstar profiles 33 of the most common and versatile healing plants and then shows you exactly how to grow, harvest, prepare, and use them. Stock your home medicine chest with safe, all-natural, low-cost herbal preparations, and enjoy better health!
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Author: Rosemary Gladstar
ISBN: 9781612120058
$1699
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The Good Living Guide To Natural And Herbal Remedies - Book - Paracay
Good Living Guide to Natural and Herbal Remedies - Book
SKY199
This back-to-nature reference and herbal medicine making guide details effective herbal medicines and natural remedies for family health issues and first aid including stomach upsets, sore muscles, wound healing, teenage acne, allergic reactions, even herbs for arthritis. The body care section provides herbal recipes for skin care, (body oils, insect repellents and hair masks) and there are non toxic chemical free, home cleaning options and delicious food recipes which incorporate edible medicinal plants into ones diet. Dive into the alchemy and art of herbal medicine preparations, receive safety tips, and perfect the techniques to...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Katolen Yardley
ISBN: 9781680991574
$1499
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The Field Guide to Ocean Voyaging: Animals, Ships, and Weather at Sea - Book
SWP068
The Field Guide to Ocean Voyaging  is a full-color primer for anyone who will be voyaging on the oceans of the world. Whether your journey is a sailing trip on a private yacht or an exotic cruise ship voyage,  The Field Guide to Ocean Voyaging  will explain what you can see on the sea. In addition,  The Field Guide to Ocean Voyaging  will teach you how to be a better observer while out on the oceans of the world by giving you tips for the best observation points on ships and what to watch for. Author Ed Sobey holds a Ph.D. in Oceanography and is a frequent guest speaker on cruise ships throughout the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Ed Sobey
ISBN: 9781948494021
$2995
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Adventure Skills Guides: Foraging in North America: The Top 12 Plants to Seek Out - Book
AVK059
Learn to identify, collect, and prepare wild edibles! Step into your backyard, garden, or nearby green space, and harvest an abundance of free, nutritious, and organic greens, tubers, and fruits.   Foraging in North America   introduces you to 12 widely accessible wild plants that can be gathered safely. Compared to cultivated garden plants, these wild edibles require no care, are hardier, and are amazing sources of nutrients. Throughout much of our history, wild plants were the mainstay of human diets. They were rich in micronutrients, vitamins, and minerals that nurtured good health and strong immune systems.   Foraging in...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 4 x 7
Author: Tom Anderson
ISBN: 9781591938323
$995
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Mushrooms of Cascadia, Second Edition: An Illustrated Key to the Fungi of the Pacific Northwest - Book
RAN686
An illustrated key to identifying the mushrooms of the Cascadian bioregion, stretching from coastal Alaska to central California and Idaho, featuring nearly 1,100 full-color photographs and more than 3,000 species. In this unique and comprehensive field guide, mycologist Dr. Michael Beug helps mushroom hunters of all levels navigate an often bewildering array of species by clearly identifying features that separate one cluster from another. By answering simple questions (Does the mushroom have gills? Are there upward pointing tips like coral? Is the underside smooth or veined?) and consulting the carefully chosen, full-color photos,...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Michael Beug
ISBN: 9781984863478
$2800
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Self-Sufficiency: Natural Home Remedies
Self-Sufficiency: Natural Home Remedies - Book
FCP027
In this book you'll discover how to treat non-serious complaints, such as coughs, colds and sore throats, as well as suggestions for easing the strain of more permanent conditions like eczema, arthritis and asthma. Packed with easy-to-follow recipes using herbs, essential oils and ingredients found in your kitchen, the book will ensure you'll be making your own natural remedies in no time.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.4
Author: Melissa Corkhill
ISBN: 9781504800419
$999
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The Prepper's Guide to Foraging: How Wild Plants Can Supplement a Sustainable Lifestyle, Revised and Updated, Second Edition - Book
SKY154
Revised and updated. The Prepper's Guide  to Foraging is not a plant identification guide in the traditional sense. It is instead a guide to using plants to supplement other means of food production and subsistence living. Author David Nash believes that there is not enough land available for to support a large-scale return to the hunter-gatherer lifestyle in the event of a large-scale disaster, but that botanical knowledge does provide an edge to the well prepared. This book advocates the acquisition of knowledge to allow its reader to safely identify, harvest, and use common North American plants. Wild plants can provide shelter,...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 9
Author: David Nash
ISBN: 9781510737723
$1799
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Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate
Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate - Book
GSP006
Imagine what you could do with eighteen delicious new greens in your dining arsenal including purslane, chickweed, curly dock, wild spinach, sorrel, and wild mustard. John Kallas makes it fun and easy to learn about foods you've unknowingly passed by all your life. Through gorgeous photographs, playful, but authoritative text, and ground-breaking design he gives you the knowledge and confidence to finally begin eating and enjoying edible wild plants. Edible Wild Plants divides plants into four flavor categories -- foundation, tart, pungent, and bitter. Categorizing by flavor helps readers use these greens in pleasing and predictable ways....
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 1 x 9
Author: John Kallas
ISBN: 9781423601500
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The Deerholme Foraging Cookbook - Book - Paracay
The Deerholme Foraging Cookbook: Wild Ingredients and Recipes from the Pacific Northwest, Revised and Updated - Book
IPS322
A revised and expanded edition of the popular Pacific Northwest foraging cookbook from Deerholme Farm on Vancouver Island. The Deerholme Foraging Cookbook  is an exploration of the wild foods found in the Pacific Northwest. Award-winning chef and author Bill Jones’s recipes feature local mushrooms, edible plants, sea vegetables, and shellfish. The product of over twenty years of research and professional cooking with foraged foods, the book serves as an introduction to the world of wild food and contains identification and sourcing information, harvesting and preparation tips, and more than 100 delicious recipes featuring wild...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Cookbook
Dimensions (IN): 7.75 x 9.25
Author: Bill Jones
ISBN: 9781771514378
$3500
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A Guide to Wild Food Foraging - Book
FCP114
Learn a useful self-sufficiency skill with this field guide to foraging! Complete on-the-go guide  to help foragers identify, locate, and use a variety of tasty edible wild foods Over 100 plant profiles  with detailed information on wild plants, herbs, fruits, nuts, mushrooms, seaweeds, and shellfish Expert insight  on identification, seasonality, location, plant conservation, and legality Recipes  and preparation suggestions for each plant, including freezing tips and which plants have medicinal value Full-color photos  and illustrations to enhance safe identification of each nutritious, natural...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 9
Author: David Squire
ISBN: 9781504801355
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Backyard Medicine For All: A Guide to Home-Grown Herbal Remedies
Backyard Medicine For All: A Guide to Home-Grown Herbal Remedies - Book
SKY126
There is a wealth of plants growing abundantly all over roadsides, cities, and in your own backyard; this coincides perfectly with alternative medicine and natural healing reaching into every facet of our lives. These plants have numerous medicinal uses that people have largely forgotten. Once valued and widely used, they’ve fallen out of fashion over time as they were bypassed by commercial medicine.  A companion to the team’s previous book,  Backyard Medicine for All  will focus largely on medicinal plants that grow by roads or paths in the countryside or in the city. These nearby but often overlooked ecosystems are significant...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Julie Bruton-Seal & Matthew Seal
ISBN: 9781510725942
$1499
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Backyard Medicine 2nd Ed - Book - Paracay
Backyard Medicine Updated & Expanded Second Edition - Book
SKY181
An Updated and Expanded New Edition of  Backyard Medicine !   Modern medicine is truly a blessing. Advances are made with astonishing speed every day, using both science and technology to make our lives longer and healthier. But if the era of modern medicine began less than two hundred years ago, how did people treat sickness and poor health before then? This book holds the answer.   Researched and written by a practicing medical herbalist and natural healer, and now with even more herbs and medicinal plants,  Backyard Medicine  is the basis for a veritable natural pharmacy that anyone can create. Featuring more than 120 easily made...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Julie Bruton-Seal, Matthew Seal
ISBN: 9781510748057
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The Tree Forager: 40 Extraordinary Trees & What to Do with Them - Book
RAN640
Aimed at tree lovers of all ages, this beautifully illustrated handbook is the first guide to foraging specifically from trees, looking at all the incredible things we can get and make from them, from food and remedies to toys, whistles and ink. Foraging is one of the fastest-growing nature-related pastimes in the UK and US. There are many books about foraging but this is the only one that focuses on what is arguably everyone's favourite plant - trees! It profiles 40 incredible trees from the UK and US - from apple, ash and bay to walnut, willow and yew, gorgeously illustrated with watercolour, pen and ink botanical illustrations. In...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 8
Author: Adele Nozedar
ISBN: 9781786785473
$1995
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Mushroom Finder - Book - Paracay
Mushroom Finder - Book
AVK144
Begin to identify mushrooms across North America with this pocket-size guide. If you’re fascinated by fungi or the practice of foraging, then learning to identify mushrooms is essential. While this is not a guide to edible mushrooms,  Mushroom Finder  by Jacob Kalichman is a great tool for getting started. The handy, easy-to-use booklet is your first step in identifying mushrooms, helping to provide you with a general identification to mushrooms that are fungus-like in appearance throughout the continental United States and Canada. Not your typical mushroom guide, the booklet is aimed at breadth rather than depth—so you’re likely...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.88 x 4
Author: Jacob Kalichman
ISBN: 9780912550411
$795
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Edible Wild Plants, Volume 2: Wild Foods from Foraging to Feasting - Book
GSP046
“The color photography is, hands down, some of the best found in books about edible plants. And those photos of wild plants, cooked and ready to serve on the dinner table? There’s only word to describe them: Yum!”?National Outdoor Book Awards, Silver Medalist This new volume 2, like the first, is a user-friendly, pictorially based guide providing all you need to know to start genuinely enjoying wild foods. It helps readers successfully identify plants, develop gathering strategies, and learn preparation and cooking techniques. The unparalleled photographs and depth of understanding will knock your socks off. All books in this...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Field Identification Guide
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: John Kallas PhD
ISBN: 9781423641346
$2799
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The Mycocultural Revolution - Book - Paracay
The Mycocultural Revolution: Transforming Our World with Mushrooms, Lichens, and Other Fungi - Book
MPC006
"Discover the glorious world of mushrooms, lichens, and micro fungi, as described by Peter McCoy, one of today's foremost experts in the field. Covering the essential information and skills for identifying, cultivating, and celebrating the uniqueness of fungi, this book enables anyone to quickly and easily engage in the art and science of mycology-the study of fungi. Mycology offers vast opportunities to enhance our lives, support our communities, and heal the environment. This first-of-its-kind introductory text is accessible for anyone just getting started in mycology, as well as for those seeking a fresh perspective on this important...
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Book Type: Field Identification Guide
Dimensions (IN): 5.2 x 7
Author: Peter McCoy
ISBN: 9781621065142
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Fungi, Mushrooms & Lichens Playing Cards - Playing Cards - Paracay
Fungi, Mushrooms & Lichens Playing Cards - Playing Cards
AVK180
Play card games and explore the fascinating world of fungi with this beautifully illustrated deck from the Art of Nature series. Fungi are among nature’s most essential and enchanting organisms, and the Fungi, Mushrooms & Lichens Playing Cards showcase their diversity, beauty, and ecological importance. Featuring the colored-pencil artwork of illustrator and naturalist Mel Bryant, each card presents a different North American species of fungus, mushroom, or lichen—meticulously rendered to highlight unique shapes, textures, and colors. From delicate coral fungi to otherworldly cup mushrooms, Mel’s illustrations capture the quiet...
Product Type : Playing Cards
Book Type: Cards
Dimensions (IN): 3.5 x 2.5
Author: Mel Bryant
ISBN: 9781647556785
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The Wild Mushroom Coloring Book - Book - Paracay
The Wild Mushroom Coloring Book - Book
SKY203
Fifty hand-drawn illustrations celebrate the wonder of wild fungi, from chanterelles and maitake to morels, witch's butter, and old man of the woods. Many pages include common names, fun facts, and uses for each mushroom, making this a relaxing creative escape for foragers, nature lovers, and artists alike. (Not intended as a field guide.)
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Coloring Book
Dimensions (IN): 11 x 8.5
Author: Kristen Blizzard & Trent Blizzard
ISBN: 9781510780859
$1299
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Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness - Book - Paracay
Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness - Book
QRT060
Author Leigh Joseph, an ethnobotanist and a member of the Squamish Nation, provides a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to Indigenous plant knowledge. Plants can be a great source of healing as well as nourishment, and the practice of growing and harvesting from trees, flowering herbs, and other plants is a powerful way to become more connected to the land. The Indigenous Peoples of North America have long traditions of using native plants as medicine as well as for food. Held by the Land honors and shares some of these traditions, offering a guide to: Harvesting herbs and other plants and using them topically North American...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 8.3 x 0.95 x 9.85"
Author: Leigh Joseph
ISBN: 9781577152941
$2499
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