Around The World In 80 Plants: An Edible Perennial Vegetable Adventure For Temperate Climates,Used

Around The World In 80 Plants Takes Us On An Original And Inspiring Adventure Around The Temperate World, Introducing Us To The Authors Top Eighty Perennial Leafygreen Vegetables.We Are Taken Underground Gardening In Tokyo, Beach Gardening In The Uk, And Traditional Roof Gardening In The Norwegian Mountains. . . . There Are Stories Of The Wild Foraging Traditions Of Indigenous People In All Continents: From The Smi People Of Northern Norway To The Maori Of New Zealand, The Rich Food Traditions Of The Mediterranean Peoples, The Highaltitude Food Plants Of The Sherpas In The Himalayas, Wild Mountain Vegetables In Japan And Korea, And The Wild Aquatic Plant That Sustained Native American Tribes With Myriad Foodstuffs And Other Products.Around The World In 80 Plants Will Be Of Interest To Both Traditional Vegetable And Ornamental Gardeners, As Well As Anyone Interested In Permaculture, Forest Gardening, Foraging, Slow Food, Gourmet Cooking, And Ethnobotany. A Thorough Description Is Given Of Each Vegetable, Its Traditions, Stories, Cultivation, Where To Source Seed And Plants, And How To Propagate It.Sprinkled With Recipes Inspired By Local Traditional Gastronomy, This Is A Fascinating Book, An Entertaining Adventure, And A Real Milestone In Climatefriendly Vegetable Growing From A Pioneering Expert On The Subject.