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More than 130 plants (including trees, roots, wildflowers, herbs, seaweed, and mushrooms) from Alaska, Yukon Territory, through western Canada, to Washington, Oregon and northern California are profiled. Information provided includes precise botanical identification, history (New and Old World folk uses), harvest and habitat information, and recipes.
An authoritative guide book to more than 70 of Alaska's most common wild edible plants. Tuck this guide into a backpack, glove compartment, or pocket and use its color photographs and habitat and plant descriptions to help you discover the bounty of the land and its plants around you. The authoritative gathering instructions ensure a healthful harvest. Learn about each plant's nutritional content, and medicinal and culinary uses. Also included are recipes for fresh salads, unusual appetizers, delicious soups, breads and more. The author is an authority on the wild plants of North America and Alaska.
The book chronicles the adventures of Ed and Janice Schofield including building their own home, learning about the wild plants, the people and the wildlife of the area. Short episodic chapters keep readers turning the pages full of "can-do spirit" and live in the last frontier. Part love story, part adventure, and part natural history, this is a chaming memoir.
With bright color photographs and completely up-to-date information, this authoritative guidebook introduces adventurers and harvesters to more than 80 of Alaska's most common wild edible plants. Alaska’s Wild Plants is the perfect guide to tuck in your backpack as you explore Alaska’s lands. Now reorganized to be more user friendly with a new introduction to foraging, this informative book will help you discover the bounty of the land and its plants around you. Understand basic principles to foraging and easy plant preparations. Learn about each plant's nutritional content, and medicinal and culinary uses. Discover the habitats where the plant can be found and how to harvest it correctly. Identify the plant’s physical characteristics with an accompanying color photograph. Find more expert sources to continue your plant education. For explorers, foragers, harvesters, or just the casually interested, this book will help readers recognize Alaska’s most common edible plants, including chickweed, high bush cranberry, crowberry, sweet gale, and more.
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Discover what edible resources the Norwest has to offer with this handy guidebook. The Pacific Northwest provides a veritable feast for foragers, and with Douglas Deur as your trusted guide you'll earn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Pacific Northwest Foraging include: *Clear, color photographs *Identification tips *Guidance on how to ethically harvest *Suggestions for eating and preserving A seasonal planner details which plants are available during every season. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.
Covers the species known to have occured in Alaska as of June 25, 1979, organized by families. Gives information on identification, status, distribution and habitat.
Kids will delight in this read aloud bedtime tale filled with catchy rhymes and eye-popping illustrations. Join Henry as he heads out into the world to find a home. Problems abound! "Cold winds began to blow. Rivers of water began to flow. Henry shivered with cold and wet and he began to moan and fret. Pity poor me. All wet and alone. Pity poor me. I have no home. Pity poor me. I have no one. Pity poor me. I have no fun." How Henry handles his problems is a life lesson for kids of all ages. This storybook is filled with fun. The rhymes. The delightful pictures. And the game of 'finding the crow' who appears on every page. Read night after night for togetherness time with your child.