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Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health, including such common plants as mullein (a tea made from the leaves and flowers suppresses a cough), stinging nettle (steam the leaves and you have a tasty dish rich in iron), cattail (cooked stalks taste similar to corn and are rich in protein), and wild apricots (an infusion made with the leaves is good for stomach aches and disgestive disorders).

More than 260 detailed line drawings help readers identify a wide range of plants -- many of which are suited for cooking by following the more than thirty recipes included in this book. There are literally hundreds of plants readily available underfoot waiting to be harvested and used either as food or as a potential therapeutic. This book is both a field guide to nature's bounty and a source of intriguing information about the plants that surround us.

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I'm not buying it	Customer Rating:
Quick skim shows a lot of "the component that may make you sick" verbiage without actually naming offensive compounds.... Kind of useless information for those of us with sensitivities that we understand. Seems like an OK book but somewhat lacking in critical substance for a MEDICINAL HERBS guidebook.

Good detail - wish it was in color	Customer Rating:
The book is well written and organized. My only complaint is that I wish I'd noticed that the only color pictures are on the covers. Color is an important tool in identifying these plants.

Pleased	Customer Rating:
I have kin people that was a Herb Doctor and I am very interest in all herbs and what nature has to give.

Identifying and Harvensting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild and Not So Wild Places

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This is a great book for new collectors of edible plants. What's most important for identifying plants? What it looks like in that particular time of year. This has a great layout for exactly that. This tells you exactly what's good for collecting (or appreciating) at the very moment you've decided to go looking. I think this is also great book for trying to figure out what to do with all the edible plants once you're finished collecting them. Some good recipies and basic medicinal uses.

Didn't Help

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I've got an abundant weed in my garden and I'm wondering if I can eat it. So I bought this book as a reference to see if I could find the plant. It didn't help. The drawings are black and white line drawings and its not laid out as a reference book. I didn't find my plant after leafing through the whole book. I live in the desert southwest and the author states almost noone comes here. This is not a book for westerners.