Backyard Foraging - by Ellen Zachos (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>Turn the everyday landscape into a food-filled paradise with this guide to safely identifying and consuming common edible plants.</b> <br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Eat Your Way Around the Block</p><p>Discover food in the plant life all around you: your backyard, your front yard, or a nearby park or vacant lot might be rich with edible possibilities. Ellen Zachos, an experienced foraging guide, safely leads you through harvesting etiquette, plant identification, and tips on how to eat the leaves, flowers, nuts, seeds, roots, and mushrooms that are there for the taking. Foraging -- the fun, safe, and free way to eat locally.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Forget farm to table. Here's weed to bowl. ... Extremely appealing."</p><br><br><p>"[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."</p>-- "John Kallas, director of Wild Food Adventures"<br>
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