A Handbook of Scotland's Wild Harvests : The Essential Guide to Edible Species, with Recipes and Plants for Natural Remedies, and Materials to Gather for Fuel, Gardening and Craft

by Fi Martynoga, Emma Chapman

If you dream about being more connected to the land and its bounty, this foraging guide informs about plants from fields, woods and seashores. Discover fresh Scottish recipes - from nettle haggis to blaeberry muffins - and the woodland and hedgerow materials you can use in various ways at home.

Genres: Scotland, Nature, Food

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2012

About the author

Fi Martynoga is an environmental activist, journalist, museum researcher, and a renowned figure in Scottish nature, history, sustainability and food circles. She has several widely praised books to her name, including A Handbook of Scotland’s Wild Harvests and A Handbook of Scotland’s Trees. She is a former Trustee of Borders Forest Trust and Reforesting Scotland and a founding member of the Wildwood Group.

She also writes as Fiona J. Houston.

Reviews

[Mandy Haggith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential for all Scottish foragers (includes my rowan berry jelly recipe!)

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love a foraging book with personality that is obviously written by people who know what they’re talking about. Read this cover to cover in a sitting, ha!

[Linda]

This is really a wonderful book! I went through it and marked lots of places where there were items that I could use in my book. Lots of ideas for things that a herbalist could use. Recipes, and how to tell if something is ripe, how to prepare it, what to do with all kinds of plants. Just excellent. Thanks to the lovely Sheena at the little bookstore in Stromness in Orkney for pointing it out to me!