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Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat

by Ellen Zachos

Finding edible plants close to home

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Finding edible plants close to home

Ellen Zachos’s guide brings foraging into familiar urban and suburban spaces, covering 65 plants across categories that include weeds, flowers, mushrooms, and ornamentals. The emphasis is practical: full-color photographs support identification, while notes address where plants grow and considerations such as pesticides, pollution, and hazardous species. Its backyard setting makes the subject less about remote wilderness and more about noticing what may already be growing in everyday surroundings. The book presents an introductory route into plant identification and foraging, with safety-related topics included alongside the edible examples.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • First-time foragers seeking an introduction to edible plants.
  • Gardeners interested in identifying edible weeds, flowers, mushrooms, and ornamentals.
  • Urban and suburban readers curious about foraging near home.

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Backyard foragingEdible plants and plant identificationForaging safetyUrban and suburban environments

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Book overview

Discover edible plants right in your own backyard with this enlightening guide to foraging.

There's food growing everywhere! You'll be amazed by how many of the plants you see each day are actually nutritious edibles.

Ideal for first-time foragers, this book features edible weeds, flowers, mushrooms, and ornamental plants typically found in urban and suburban neighborhoods.

Full-color photographs make identification easy, while tips on common plant locations, pesticides, pollution, and dangerous flora make foraging as safe and simple as stepping into your own backyard.

"Suddenly a walk through the garden becomes a treasure hunt." --Daniel Klein, founder of The Perennial Plate

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