plants

After the better part of a decade being an addict, homeless, and nomadic I've been trying to settle down and get some stability for myself. I've got a duplex in eastern Canada and I've just started my first garden. So far I've just tilled the spot I picked and pulled out all the weeds and...

Anyone ever have experience with this plants famous oil urushiol. 15% of people are unaffected by it, some barely notice it.... Others well its hell for them. In canada i know its eastward starting from Ontario all the way to Nova scotia i believe. Im sure the US is similar, this plants has so...

I want to buy some books about plants in California. Like about what plants are poisonous and what plants are edible. What plants can be use for medical purposes. Herbs and spices. Anything and everything California soo, if you know any good books or reads let me know thanks

I just found this site a few days ago and have really enjoyed my time here so I thought I would contribute some of my knowledge concerning medicinal and edible plants. A little background... I've been a practicing herbalist for 5 years, spent 2 years tramping around California from 2001 - 2003...

One more for the road. Great read. Its about animals and drugs, what more could one want! http://boingboing.net/2015/01/20/why-animals-eat-psychoactive-p.html Why animals eat psychoactive plants Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, learns...

Traveler submitted a new file to the downloads area: Edible Plants of the World - Edible Plants of the World Click here to learn more about this file...

Traveler submitted a new file to the downloads area: Edible Wild Plants - A North American Field Guide - Edible Wild Plants - A North American Field Guide Click here to learn more about this file...

does anyone have any reccommendations for a comprehensive guide to wild plants that can be eaten/used to make coffee, cereals, teas, etc? there's one by peterson that covers the eastern US that was very thorough but are there any that cover all of the us?

(Now on with the stereotypical): Has anyone done this before? I don't mean through a farm that you are working/volunteering on or whatever, but by, of, and for yourself? I absolutely love to garden; plants are healing and therapeutic, and I've managed to accumulate quite the lovely little...

I'm curious as to what wild plants do many of us here utilize. I've been using and researching wild plants for years, it really is a passion of mine. There are so many that I use for all kinds of purposes, food, medicine, intoxication, tools, bug repellent, basket materials, etc. I'm always...