Review of General Foraging Guidebooks
December 8, 2012Brief reviews of some of the general foraging books (covering plants, fungi and possibly more in one volume) in my collection with guidance on their relative strengths and weaknesses.
Brief reviews of some of the general foraging books (covering plants, fungi and possibly more in one volume) in my collection with guidance on their relative strengths and weaknesses.
Reviews of plant foraging guidebooks
After first encountering this unusual and delicious brassica in the Scottish highlands, I was delighted to stumble on it again in my favourite bit of Galloway swamp – 10 minutes from my house…
One of the great pleasures of foraging is discovering exciting flavours in the common and innocuous-looking plants around us. Sea arrowgrass never fails to raise squeals of surprise and delight when we encounter it on my guided coastal walks.
I get a lot of requests online for help identifying wild foods – especially fungi. I welcome these – it is a pleasure to help people improve their knowledge and gives me an opportunity to sharpen my identification skills. Win-win. But I feel a little guidance to people looking for help with ID would make the exchange more useful to both them and me…