Resources for Foragers and Gatherers.

I use Mabey's Food for Free, a great book all the best urban

I have that book I bought it a couple of months ago I was surprised by how small it is and very convenient to carry. I haven't been out gathering with it yet though I intend to go at some point. I'd love to find my own mushrooms and I want to try the plants you can eat in salads that grow wild in England, I also live by the sea and was interested in the section on types of sea weed that are edible.

I use the internet as a rule. If I don't have my camera with me, I'll take a piece of it - usually a leaf, and make notes, then try to find it online. That's a hard job sometimes. Thanks for the resources online. One of my favorites is at http://www.wilderness-survival.net/Appb.php

Hi fellow gatherer! Memory is one resource for the foods I have eaten prolifically in the past years (but only stuff like dandelions, etc). Peterson's Guides to edible wild foods and Peterson's Guides to Wildflowers, etc. Adirondack field guides because most of the area I'm in is the Adirondacks with adirondack plants. The price of gas has made it really prohibative for me to go much of anywhere besides my own land. So I can bring something home and check it out. I only do that if there are very many plants. I have Linda Runyon's books. She has Survival Acre, a cookbook, and some field identification cards-field cards that you can carry in your pocket that she made for the US military. So if my walk will be very long and I'm lucky enough to be away from home, I bring the cards and a small Peterson's guide. I use the internet quite often. I type in what I think it is and "picture." Usually only sites with pictures come up. So I can go by picture and description.

Richard Mabey's book is the classic, but I have difficulty with the identification in my book. Drawings are all very attractive, but not always terribly clear. I have a little Collins Guide which is based on it, which is actually better for identification though has less information. I've also got a slim one called Nature in your Basket which is also by Richard Mabey. It's a bit more limited, but it's handy to keep int he glove box of the van. I'm a bit slack actually as I tend to stick with the stuff I know. I like someone to point something out to me, then I'll use it regularly. Do you believe that I didn't know sorrel till about 18 months ago?! Brilliant stuff, and I can weed it out of my veg beds by the armload. I would love to go out with an experienced mushroom finder. We get lots of parasols growing around here, but I'm sure there's loads others as well if I knew what to look for.