M Thiessen / Melissa Thiessen
Foraging is an overlooked essential skill. Many wild plants are edible or have incredible medicinal properties. While this is not a plant identification handbook, its purpose is just as valuable. Any climate, any country, any season, this book is an integral part of your plan. With 2 dedicated pages per foraged item, this book holds space for 50 wild items of your choice & 22 different pages to guide your research and your plans. Use this book to take the next step in your foraging journey.A beginner forager can use the planning pages to record what climate zone they are in and jot down research on the types of plants, nuts, seeds, berries, fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, saps, or mushrooms they are interested in finding growing naturally, local to them.A more experienced forager can record the locations of their favorite foraging spots and use the pages at the back to remember what time of year they should go back to harvest. They may also use this to start accumulating notes about recipes they have tried with their foraged items, and notes to remember for next harvest.A seasoned forager can use this book to document essential plants and their locations and what to do with them after harvesting. An irreplaceable heirloom for their family, passing on wisdom about sustainable foraging.Do you want to:Keep track of which recipes you used for the plants you found?Document information about foraging locations and uses for your loved ones?Expand your emergency preparedness portfolio?Personalize and expand on information in the plant handbooks you have?Create an heirloom unique to your own land, to pass down for generations?Add in a unique twist to your hiking, camping or geocaching adventures?Plan your foraging time with purpose and remember what you found and where?Teach your children about responsible and sustainable foraging?Have a purposeful place to record the tips you come across, so you have it when you need it?This is the book for you! It also makes a thoughtful gift for people in so many different stages of life!Homeschooling groups!Hikers and campers who love to spend time outdoors!Homesteaders and farmers who have access to abundant land!Urban foragers who keep track of the different berries, fruits or nuts available at local parks and rivers!People who are looking to learn survival skills!Those looking to heal their bodies using plants!Cooks who want to expand into eating wild plants indigenous to their area!Gardeners who hate weeding, they may learn that many weeds they have been pulling are actually edible!Anyone who wants to save money on groceries and be thoughtful about what they consume!From the AuthorDreaming of a stroll through the woods, down the street or in your own backyard? This is an ideal guided workbook for recording and methodically planning your trips to forage wild edibles and medicine.The thoughtful layout helps you note:What you found.Where you found it.What it looks like.When it is best to harvest.Why it is useful to you.How to harvest, use or preserve (and which recipe book you used last year!)The first several pages will help you plan and give focus to your outings. Record your research and ideas in one place to make your foraging trips more purposeful.From beginning to end, this book has been thoughtfully drafted to assist you in creating a treasure you will use year round. Useful until the end, the back monthly tracking pages will help remind you to harvest the items you found earlier in the year.Make the most of your foraging journey and step outside with confidence knowing it will be time well spent, an investment in your future.
