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Nature's Garden

A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants

by Samuel Thayer

Why it's on the shelf

Thayer's second book, covering more wild edibles in the same detailed, honest style.

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Details

Author: Samuel Thayer
Publisher: Forager's Harvest Press
Edition year: 2010
ISBN-13: 9780976626619
Pages: 512
Skill level: Intermediate
Region: Eastern & Central North America
Format: paperback (smyth-sewn binding)

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