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

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Cautions for plants, where necessary are given and if the plant has any other interesting uses then these are also covered. While I have a huge interest in such things and appreciate his efforts, he's not took into consideration that we don't know what the plants he's taking about look like and he's not put this book together in a detailed manner; it's just sort of thrown together.

And provides plant lovers with a much-needed resource for understanding nature’s most useful wild plants. 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. minute review of Robin Harford’s lovely new book on The Edible and Medicinal plants of Britain and Ireland.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.

Each plant description tells us which parts of the plant can be used for food as well as how to use those parts. Very clear descriptions and uses of plants and in combination with the downloadable photo guide the book makes a real treat to read.

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. It comes with a free downloadable PDF photo identification guide that includes multiple full-colour photographs of each plant to help make identification easy.

I mean we all know what a dandelion looks like but people might make the fatal mistake of eating a giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) instead of common hogweed (Heraceleum sphondylium) people need to know what they look like! Instead, you can download the accompanying PDF photo identification guide that includes multiple full-colour photographs of each plant to help make identification easy. This is a book about plants (some very familiar, some quite rare), which you can eat, but without any illustrations it loses all its value.Please allow up to 10 working days for 2nd class mail to arrive, instead of the usual 3-5 days that we all used to be accustomed to. 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! Never rely on one source for plant identification, and never eat anything unless you are 100% sure it is edible. I regard thiese as an essential part of the available information for any plant identification compilation. 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.