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    Foraging - A Beginner's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants: SHTF, #1
    Foraging - A Beginner's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants: SHTF, #1
    Foraging - A Beginner's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants: SHTF, #1
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    Foraging - A Beginner's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants: SHTF, #1

    By Jill b.

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    Are you looking for ways to help make ends meet?

    Are you a survival prepper or prepping for a zombie apocalypse?

    Knowing what you can eat in the wild is important! Did you know that a large number of plants that grow wild are edible or have medicinal properties? Better yet - this is FREE food just growing in the wild for the taking! (Please check your local laws before foraging.) You don't need to head into the woods to look for these plants - many grow wild in backyards, lawns and even sidewalks!

    Unfortunately, many foraging books cover only regional plants that were not applicable to wild edible and medicinal plants that grew in Colorado.

    Jill has been foraging for food and medicinal plants since 2007. In this Beginner's Guide, she covers 10 wild plants that grow in most of North America including:

    - Cattail
    - Clover
    - Dandelion
    - Jerusalem Artichokes
    - Pine
    - Plantango
    - Prickly Pear
    - Purslane
    - Usnea
    - Yucca 
    - Includes identification guides, possible toxic lookalikes, recipes, uses, risks and storage methods.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJill b.
    Release dateNov 17, 2014
    ISBN9781502288523
    Foraging - A Beginner's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants: SHTF, #1
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    Jill b.

    Self-Reliance -- One Step at a Time Get free e-books at http://byjillb.com Reliance on one job. Reliance on the agri-industrial food system. Are you ready to break free, take control and to rely on yourself? With a no-nonsense style,  Jill Bong draws from her own homesteading experiences and mistakes, and writes books focusing on maximizing output with minimal input to save you time and money. Jill was born and raised in a country with one of highest population densities in the world. Dreaming of chickens and fruit trees, she left the trappings of the big city and is setting up her homestead in an American town with a population of less than 300. Jill writes under the pen name Jill b. She is an author, entrepreneur, homesteader and is the co-inventor and co-founder of Chicken Armor (http://chickenarmor.com), an affordable, low maintenance chicken saddle. She has also written over a dozen books on homesteading and self-reliance. Jill has been mentioned/quoted in various publications including The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Denver Post and ABC News. She has written for various magazines including Countryside and Small Stock Journal, Molly Green, Farm Show Magazine and Backyard Poultry Magazine. She holds an Engineering degree from an Ivy League from a previous life. At its height, her previous homestead included over 100 chickens, geese and ducks, as well as cats, a dog, bees and a donkey named Elvis. She currently learning permaculture techniques to apply to her homestead in rural Oregon. Learn more by visiting her site http://byjillb.com.

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      Foraging - A Beginner's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants - Jill b.

      Introduction

      Statements in this book have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Information in this book is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

      No claims are made for the efficacy of any herb nor for any historical herbal treatment. In no way can the information provided here take the place of the standard legal medical practice of any country. Many plants were used for a wide range of illnesses in the past. However many historical uses have proven to be ineffective for the problems to which they were applied.

      This book should be treated as a guide and not a manual. There are too many plants and plant variations just in North America alone for me to cover everything you could possibly encounter. Just as someone who is unfamiliar with what a caribou and an elk looks like may not be able to distinguish between them, the same goes with distinguishing plants. Being able to distinguish between plants that grow in your area takes time and experience.

      Always check with a local expert before using or consuming a wild plant that you are not familiar with. Only a local expert can properly distinguish plants that grow in your area. A good place to start looking for an expert is at, or through your local County Extension Office. They might even be able to help you identify some of your plants for you.

      There are over 100,000 edible plants worldwide. Only a tiny fraction of these plants end up in your grocery stores. Some plants, like purslane, are common foods in other countries. Others, like the common dandelion are starting to show up seasonally in some farmer’s markets and co-op markets. You might even find it at Whole Foods!

      Many forageable plants grow regionally. For example, you might be able to forage for kudzu and passion fruits in the South or for fiddleheads in the Northeast. Some plants, like young pokeweeds need special preparation (boiling a few times with changes of water,) before it can be consumed.

      I started foraging in Colorado in 2007. I became frustrated with many foraging books that were regionally defined. They included very few foragable plants that grew in Colorado. I wrote this book to introduce a beginner to a list of foragable edible and medicinal plants that grow in most of North America.

      Foraging Checklist

      Identification

      This book should not be used for identification purposes. The photos I include are pictures of what each plant generally looks like. I will also discuss some common inedible look-alikes. However, it is impossible for me to know every possible non-edible look alike in every part of the country. This is where your local expert comes in.

      Even within each foragable plant lies differences. For example, a dandelion plant growing in different parts of my own property can look different. A plant that is growing by the dirt driveway, in the extreme Colorado sun looks quite different from a plant growing in shade, next to my pond. The former is small with small, skinny leaves while the latter grows big with large leaves. The leaves of the dandelions growing in moist shade can often be as much as 8 times as large as those of dandelions growing in full sun in sand.

      Bee Balm is another example. The shape of the leaves of wild bee balm that grows in my property are quite different from those that are sold at home improvement stores.The color of the flowers vary from pink to purple to red.

      A local expert will be able to tell you if the plant that you are looking at should look like that in your area. They should also be able to advise you if it is a different look-a-like plant altogether. Resist the urge to harvest a plant in the excitement of finding something. After I have identified a plant, I like to come back to look at it and research it a few times before harvesting. A good rule of thumb is to avoid and plant that produces a white sap. The white sap is unusually indicative of toxicity. If in doubt, avoid.

      Be even more cautious if you are prone to food allergies. I can pig out on shellfish without problems. However, that can mean death to someone with a serious shellfish allergy. Some people may experience adverse reactions to consuming or using plants that they have never consumed before.

      Environment

      Next, you will need to know the environment that you are foraging in. Always make sure the area where you forge has not sprayed with chemicals. A good rule of thumb is, if the area is overrun with weeds, and if the plants show bug infestation, the area has not be sprayed. If you are foraging in an urban area, you should also make sure that there is no runoff from roads, parking lots or other dump and sewage areas.

      Be considerate.

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