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A year-long field guide to caring for the land while finding nourishment and inspiration from plants and mushrooms.
This richly illustrated, full color field guide takes you on a year-long journey, guided by the plants. Featuring over 60 edible wild plants and mushrooms, the author invites you to help the plants thrive in all stages of their life cycle while learning how to protect habitat, sustainably harvest and safely prepare wild food.
Mikaela has previously written Foraging as a Way of Life. In her new book, Year-Round Foraging, she helps the reader broaden their knowledge and understanding of plants with:
- Month to month seasonal tips on what to forage, followed by information about the ecosystem, such as pollinator friendly gardens, insects, and the symbiosis between plants and animals.
- Plant of the Month, with detailed foraging instruction, look-alikes, cautions, and recipes.
- Clear photos, helpful drawings, and key information to help you forage safely and sustainably.
- An online, downloadable, year-long study guide with prompts, lesson plan ideas and bonus material.
Mikaela's infectious love of plants, and all things nature is on every page of this book. She invites the reader on a journey to connect with the land in this beautifully written, family friendly guide for foraging. This book is ideal for educators, outdoor enthusiasts, gardeners, and anyone who experiences eco-anxiety or disconnect from nature.
Contents
Disclaimer
Territorial Acknowledgment
Foreword by Nancy J. Turner
How to Use This Book
Welcome
Splatsin Tsm7aksaltn (Splatsin Teaching Centre) Society
SPRING
March- Sprouts and baby plants
Quick ID: Wall Lettuce | Miner's Lettuce | Wild Basil | Field Pennycress
Big Picture March: Baby plants in early spring | Overwintering bumble bees
Plant of the month: Tall Hedge Mustard
April- Plants and Leaves
Quick ID: Mullein | Herb-Robert | Shepherd's Purse | Western Larch
Big Picture April: Drawing plants | Reciprocity
Plant of the month: Japanese Knotweed
May- Flowers
Quick ID: Dame's Rocket | Common Lilac | Fireweed | Wild Bergamot
Big Picture May: Flowers and Pollinators
Plant of the month: Heart-leaved Arnica
SUMMER
June- Garden Weeds
Quick ID: Pineapple Weed | Annual Sow Thistle | German Madwort | Flanged Smartweed
Big Picture June: Soil and gardening
Plant of the month: Marsh Thistle
July- Berries
Quick ID: Woodland strawberry | False Solomon's Seal | Black Raspberry | Mountain Huckleberry
Big Picture July: Berry vs fruit | Secwepemc Wisdom
Plant of the month: Black Mulberry
August- Plants by the lake and river
Quick ID: Watercress | Purple Loosestrife | Eurasian Watermilfoil | American Bur-reed
Big Picture August: Eco-anxiety | Riparian zones and salmon | Logging in watersheds | Wildwood Ecoforest
Plant of the month: Broadleaf Cattail
AUTUMN
September- Mushrooms
Quick ID: Orange Birch Bolete | Oyster Mushroom | Delicious Milk Cap | Short-stalked Suillus
Big Picture September: What is a mushroom? | Cooking and storing
Plant of the month: Coral Tooth Mushroom
October- Nuts and Seeds
Quick ID: Butternut Tree | Russian Olive | Redroot Pigweed | American Linden
Big Picture October: What are nuts and seeds?
Plant of the month: English Oak
November- Roots
Quick ID: Wild Sarsaparilla | Common Evening Primrose | Common Daylily | Tule
Big Picture November: What are roots?
Plant of the month: Sunchoke
WINTER
December- winter buds, twigs, stalks, and trunks
Quick ID: Highbush Cranberry | Manitoba Maple | Grey Alder | Red Osier Dogwood
Big Picture December: Tree identification in winter | Winter twig id chart | Winter- a time of rest
Plant of the month: Western White Pine
January- Plants and mushrooms for health
Quick ID: Horseradish | Birch Polypore | Artist's Conk | Subalpine Fir
Big Picture January: Winter's pantry | Teatime with Dani | Snow winter wonderland
Plant of the month: Red-belted Polypore
February- Lichen
Quick ID: Bristly Beard Lichen | Oakmoss | Monk's Hood Lichen | Ragbag Lichen
Big Picture February: What is a lichen? | Mountain Caribou
Plant of the month: Lung Lichen
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Glossary Drawings
References
Websites
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers