Author Topic: Foraging Books (Read 1547 times)

NotQuiteASmallHolder · « **on:** February 08, 2017, 10:26:34 am »

Morning folks,

Can anyone recommend any books which would provide helpful information for a wannabe forager? I've managed to work out a few local things which I know are edible but I'm sure there must be more that I could make use of.

Ideally something tailored towards Scotland would be good.

Thanks,

Chris

Fleecewife · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2017, 11:57:40 am »

I'll be interested in what people come up with. There seems to be almost nothing where we live. The only hedgerows are the ones we planted. They are now producing all sorts of fruit and the occasional nut. We even had to plant our own brambles. Farmers round here like to cultivate their fields right to the very edge, and the patches of trees are nearly all conifer plantations - I could collect pine nuts I suppose

although we have those in our hedges too.

graemeatwellbank · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2017, 03:06:23 pm »

"Handbook of Scotlands Harvests" I bought on Amazon but didn't read it yet.

Womble · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2017, 05:20:13 pm »

"Food for Free" is usually quoted as a good reference guide.

ddangus · « **Reply #4 on:** February 08, 2017, 05:44:42 pm »

Hi Chris,

The Miles Irving foraging handbook is one of my favorites but probably not the best for determination of plants. Another recommendation is Roger Philips's Wild Food lots of recipes and ok pictures of most of the plants.

Cheers,

DD

YorkshireLass · « **Reply #5 on:** February 08, 2017, 06:29:02 pm »

I think there are two different questions / answers.

One - a wild plant ID guide / skills
Two - an edibility guide

It's very hard to get both in a format that you can take out on walks. I tend to do a fair bit of cross referencing and googling!

Try http://www.gallowaywildfoods.com/ for starters