The Forager's Handbook: A Seasonal Guide to Harvesting Wild, Edible & Medicinal Plants by Shufer, Vickie

Learn the way of the forager and identify, harvest, and prepare wild plants by season.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to gather wild plants growing around you for your food and medicine instead of a drugstore to treat a common ailment? The Forager's Handbook is an essential guide for living this lifestyle year-round.

With more than forty years of experience in the world of plants, forager Vickie Shufer empowers you to maintain and improve your health by following the way of the forager. She highlights plants that are available through each season and how to use those plants for food and medicine. Sustainable harvesting and preparation techniques are included as well as foraging ethics. Other topics include:

• Forest bathing
• Plant cycles
• Preventive medicine
• Simple recipes for edible and medicinal plants
• And so much more

Follow the seasons and harvest wild, edible, and medical plants with The Forager's Handbook.

Author: Vickie Shufer
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781510767867

About the Author
Vickie Shufer is a forager and author of The Everything Guide to Foraging. She is currently the owner of Wild Woods Farm, an eleven-acre certified native nursery where she grows and sells native and medicinal plants year-round.