Foraging Midwest Edible Wild Plants: Four-Season Guide to Identify, Harvest, Prepare, and Store Local Finds

Discover the most nutrient-rich sources of food and enjoy countless health benefits— all for free!Are you a foodie who loves to cook and stay healthy at the same time?Do you love to experiment with the ingredients in your dishes?Do you cherish the outdoors – traveling, hiking, and exploring your surroundings?If your answer to the questions asked above isyes,then here's a perfect activity for you that willsatiate your wanderlust and your tastebuds at the same time– foraging!Foraging is very much like going on a treasure hunt – you are always going to be surprised by what you find.As you walk through the wilderness, you are welcomed by a plethora of plants, nuts, seeds, fruits, berries, roots, stems, mushrooms, and flowers, many of which you can eat – if only you know how toidentify which ones can be eaten.To do this successfully, you need to know what to look for, how to pick it safely, and the difference between what’s delicious and what’s poisonous.And when it comes to a region like the Midwest, where the varying seasons can greatly affect what you’ll find, you’ll need to be more meticulous.This book serves the role of a senior forager and a companion on your wonderful adventures in the midwestern United States so you can safely gather wild plants without wondering if you’ll get poisoned.Here is just a small fraction of what you will discover in this guide:The universal edibility test – know what to eat and figure out the poisonous look-alikesA beginner’s guide to the ecological regions of the midwest and theclimate differences in each region that determine the types of plants you can findA comprehensive checklist of the supplies you needbefore you sayready, set, go!USDA-approved plant profiles of over 35 wild plants in the US Midwest– avoid misidentification mishaps with this detailed referenceSeason-wise foraging guide – know where to find, how to identify, harvest, store, and use edible wild plants of the midwest during each of the 4 seasonsMonthly foraging calendarto help you plan your adventures ahead and k