Learn all about the interesting and delicious wild harvest of Alaska, western Canada, and the Northwest in this significant illustrated volume on 147 wild plants.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Wow, what a field guide, and check out all those recipes!,
By hek@hetta.pp.fi (Helsinki, Finland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada, The Northwest (Paperback)
I just got this book (fourth printing, 1998) in my mail, and I can testify that it's well worth the money. It's a really good field guide to plants of The Far North, be it Alaska or Finland. In addition to excellent pictures (which really show you clearly how to tell this plant apart from others) you'll frequently run across a sentence that goes something like "So-and-so says in his/her book that it's edible after it's been dried /boiled /whatever, but my taste tests implied ...". Truly outstanding research and practical information, both on medicinal and culinary uses of these plants, make this an invaluable addition to the library of anybody interested in plants in the Far North. Great work, Janice!
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An excellent resource with high-quality photos.,
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This review is from: Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada, The Northwest (Paperback)
I enjoyed this book thoroughly, from it's interesting tidbits on historic uses of plants, to the explanations of known toxic principles within plants. The cautions about harvest, use, and overuse are well-stated. The descriptions enhance the line-drawings, and each plant description comes with an excellent photograph, making this a terrific guide for identification of wild edibles!
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Sets the standard in books about wild edibles of the northwest,
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I read far enough in this book to know that I need to study it, learn it, memorize it.
Schofield's book is a great addition to any apocalypse-preparedness library. It covers edible species of plants that grow in the wild (and in urban areas). Discovering Wild Plants describes how to find edibles, when to harvest them, how to prepare them, and what they'll do for you in terms of nutrition, wellness, and healing. This book is the standard in wild edibles if you live in Washington state, and it's required reading for students of Alderleaf Wilderness College ([...]). It's a shame that this book is out of print. Count yourself lucky if you manage to snag a reasonably-priced used copy. I'm still looking for mine, and borrowing constantly from the library in the meantime.
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The popularity of wetlands, in the human mind, has been nearly as changeable as fashions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pineapple weed flowers, marsh fivefinger, sulfur shelf, death camass, trailing raspberry, trail nibble, acid kelp, dry nettles, silverweed roots, ribbon kelp, hundred species worldwide, woolly lousewort, alpine bistort, single delight, sea blite, accompanying recipe, skin salves, arrow grass, milder greens, facial steams, campfire coals, spruce tea, various native groups, wild calla, entire herb Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, Pacific Northwest, Harvest Calendar Spring, Dena'ina Athabascans, Modern Herbal, North America, Alaska Peninsula, The Herb Book, Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West, Alaska Panhandle, Boyd Shaffer, Aleutian Islands, Earth Foods, Earth Medicine, Harvest Calendar Early, Michael Moore, Arctic Pharmacognosia, Harvest Calendar Late, Anore Jones, Herbal Medications, California School of Herbal Studies, Harvest Calendar Summer, Hortus Third, Middle Ages, Alaska's Wilderness Medicines New!
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The popularity of wetlands, in the human mind, has been nearly as changeable as fashions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pineapple weed flowers, marsh fivefinger, sulfur shelf, death camass, trailing raspberry, trail nibble, acid kelp, dry nettles, silverweed roots, ribbon kelp, hundred species worldwide, woolly lousewort, alpine bistort, single delight, sea blite, accompanying recipe, skin salves, arrow grass, milder greens, facial steams, campfire coals, spruce tea, various native groups, wild calla, entire herb Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, Pacific Northwest, Harvest Calendar Spring, Dena'ina Athabascans, Modern Herbal, North America, Alaska Peninsula, The Herb Book, Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West, Alaska Panhandle, Boyd Shaffer, Aleutian Islands, Earth Foods, Earth Medicine, Harvest Calendar Early, Michael Moore, Arctic Pharmacognosia, Harvest Calendar Late, Anore Jones, Herbal Medications, California School of Herbal Studies, Harvest Calendar Summer, Hortus Third, Middle Ages, Alaska's Wilderness Medicines New!
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- A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with Their Modern Scientific Uses by Margaret Grieve on 16 pages
- Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West by Michael Moore on 12 pages
- British Columbia by Bill Brooks on 9 pages
- Wild Edible Plants of Western North America by Donald R. Kirk on 6 pages
- The Herb Book: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to More Than 500 Herbs by John B. Lust on 6 pages
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- Native Plants in the Coastal Garden by April Pettinger on page 114
- Alaska Wild Berry Guide and Cookbook by Alaska Northwest Publishing in Back Matter
- World Famous Alaska Highway: Guide to the Alcan & (World-Famous Alaska Highway: A Guide to the Alcan & Other) by Tricia Brown in Back Matter
- Wild Plants Of The Sierra Nevada by Ray S. Vizgirdas in Back Matter
- Alaska's Wilderness Medicines: Healthful Plants of the Far North by Eleanor Viereck in Back Matter
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