Now that we've left the city life and retired in the country, I'm learning a lot about what grows in our yard that's useful for food, medicinal, and other herbal uses. I let our yard grow out an extra month this year and found at least ten spring herbs that are growing in our yard. Learning about foraging has been very informative and that's why I was glad to be able to review this book.
The author discusses 50 common urban plants that can be foraged from most any place. In urban settings, most of these plants are considered weeds. We don't use that word anymore in our house because all those plants we were trying to kill in the metropolitan area we used to live in are really helpful plants with medicinal uses. The author does address issues like knowing what plants are and are not safe as well as knowing the history of the land where these plants are growing. She suggests a list of tools that one might want when foraging and plants to look for in different season.
Each plant is identified with a lovely color photograph, a description of what culinary uses the plant is used for, how to identify the plant, some considerations, and a recipe, in most cases. While I find the photos of the plants very appealing, I would have liked to have had some more details visible to be able to identify the plant with more certainty. When foraging, I would suggest having alternative identification apps or books so that you will have 100% certainty about the plants that you are harvesting.
Urban Foraging has a list of 50 plants to get you started on your way to foraging for plants in the your area and there are so many others that you can add when you're ready.
I received this book from Timber Press for free in exchange for an honest review. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.