Backyard Foraging

Backyard Foraging : 65 Familiar Plants You Didn’t Know You Could Eat
By Ellen Zachos
Paperback
9781612120096
 
Turn the everyday landscape into a food-filled paradise with this guide to safely identifying and consuming common edible plants.
 
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.