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Title: Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants by Steve Brill ISBN: 0-688-11425-3 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 20 May, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.53 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
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Comment: This is a fantastic book. Very thorough information about finding, identifying, harvesting, preparing, and uses of edible wild plants. The plant drawings are fantastic and much easier to use than color photos. I enjoy his emphasis on finding edibles in your lawn or other "not so wild" places. Also includes lots of invaluable information on poisonous plants to avoid and poisonous "look-alikes" to beware of. He has a great sense of humor and an entertaining style. I bought the book and then had to immediately by another as a gift. I just got lunch by weeding my driveway...
Rating: 3
Summary: Slightly Disappointed
Comment: On the whole, this book is interesting and informative, but I was slightly disappointed with the logical layout. The information in the book is fairly detailed and interesting, but is presented in a narrative manner. The book takes a season/habitat based approach... I guess I was expecting a more trait-based heirarchical listing system. Something that would facilitate taking an unknown plant and quickly looking up the answers to "what is it? is it edible? is it medicinal? if so, what are the details"
The approach also tends to give details on a few interesting / especially good flavored or nutricious plants and then gives a names-only grocery list of "Edible and medicinal plants" and then one of "For Observation only"
So, in summary, if you know a bit about general plant identification and your focus is on what's available for the season and habitat, this book is a valuable resource, but if you're looking for a field identification and classification tool, this is probably not the best choice.
Rating: 5
Summary: great book!
Comment: OUT OF THE 4 BOOKS THAT I OWN ON THE SUBJECT. THIS IS THE BEST GUIDE ON EDIBLE WILD PLANTS THAT I HAVE READ.DON'T LET THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO PHOTOS IN THE BOOK BE A CONCERN. THE DRAWINGS ARE EXCELLENT! EVERYTHING IS IN DETAIL WITH SIDE NOTES POINTING TO SPECIFIC PARTS, POISONIOUS LOOK A LIKES ARE MENTIONED AS WELL AS DETAILED DRAWINGS OF THEM. AT THE END, THERE ARE MANY GREAT RECIPES! BY THE WAY, CHECK OUT ONE OF THE HIKES IF YOUR IN THE TRI-STATE AREA (CONN NY NJ) WILDMAN HIMSELF GIVES A WALK AND A LECTURE FROM MAR-DEC. CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/
HAPPY FORAGING!
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Title: The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America by James Duke ISBN: 0879838213 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 11 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Wilderness Survival by Gregory J. Davenport ISBN: 0811729850 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs : Of Eastern and Central North America by James A. Duke, Steven Foster, Roger Tory Peterson ISBN: 0395988144 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 28 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness by John McPherson, Geri McPherson, John ISBN: 0967877776 Publisher: John McPherson Pub. Date: 01 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants : Eastern and central North America by Lee Allen Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson ISBN: 039592622X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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