Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland: A Foraging and Photographic Identification Guide

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The species mentioned in the book are growing in my surroundings (Cork,Ireland) which makes it practical and simple to use. The author has spent fifteen years experimenting and learning about wild plants and how our ancestors used plants to nourish and heal themselves. I love ebook versions of these sort of things because I can check them on the kindle app on my phone when I'm out and about. This guide is here to help keep you safe, however, please ensure that you use multiple sources for identifying plants. Each plant description tells us which parts of the plant can be used for food as well as how to use those parts.

This did, however, help me to identify wild garlic in the early summer, which I foraged till I had no more room in my freezer! It comes with a free downloadable PDF photo identification guide that includes multiple full-colour photographs of each plant to help make identification easy.He has been recommended in BBC Good Food magazine, Sainsbury's magazine as well as in The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph etc. Our Hedgerow Guide aims to help you forage for British plants that are relatively common in the wild, easy to find and good to eat – and to avoid those that are inedible or poisonous.

Stepping back into the wild with this book has really felt like coming home and I am so grateful to the author for enabling this adventure. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. minute review of Robin Harford’s lovely new book on The Edible and Medicinal plants of Britain and Ireland.I’ve read many foraging books that have provided comprehensive pictures so that seems a bit of a cop out to me, not even illustrations so at least we could get the gist of what it kind of looks like and then if we do want to attempt finding it in the wild we could reference his guide? He has been recommended in BBC Good Food magazine, Sainsbury’s magazine as well as in The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph etc.

Instead, you can download the accompanying PDF photo identification guide that includes multiple full-colour photographs of each plant to help make identification easy. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Hi, I'm Robin Harford, bestselling author of Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland. Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland | Covering 48 wild edible and medicinal plants, I have written this book to help you rediscover our forgotten plant heritage. Its a bit tricky trying to read it while looking at my phone while walking in the countryside looking for things I want to forage, all at the same time without falling over a log.He has travelled extensively documenting and recording the traditional and local uses of wild food plants in indigenous cultures, and his work has taken him to Africa, India, SE Asia, Europe and the USA. common namescientific namefamilyan easy to understand botanical descriptionmultiple full colour photos of each plantwhen the plant flowerswhere it is founda historical summarywhich parts of the plant to usehow the plant is used as foodits nutritional profileits traditional folk medicine usesand finally, safety notesFor over fifteen years I have experimented and explored the world of wild plants. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. I was disappointed as it had no illustrations and you would have to rely on written descriptions to identify plants. I get the feeling the author threw this together quickly to get it published as soon as possible, it's a major downfall because it really shows.