I bought this book after I watched this video, and it's a really good book for identification. Thanks for this awesome review! Your book reviews have helped me alot.
Glad they are helping you out! I agree this book is great for identification purposes, much better than the field guide to edible plants in my experience.
Yep. When I was in school that's what our librarian taught us to do and it's been with me ever since. Some of the best advice to have before reading a book. Thanks for commenting!
thanks for da review. i just saw today they had a new addition of this book. ive had da first and second additions but im thinkin now i may pass on my second to a friend and get this one.
+Bradd Mmattson Your Welcome! This book is much better than the first one or the second one, I highly recommend it if you can. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Would this book still be helpful to Michigan residents? As Michigan is in the "midwest". I have found a Michigan specific book, according to the review's, it is very scientific, better for a student in botany and has no picture's. I am very interested in herbalism and can't afford a class, so I need a good identification guide when I am out. Thank you.
I would highly recommend this book. It will cover a lot of the plants in your area, you are not far off geographically from me here in Indiana and I use this book all the time. I would also recommend the book that is more scientific. The two will only compliment each other.
Thank you Carmen I'm glad it was helpful to you! This book is really good, you might also check out Indian Herbalogy of North America by Alma R. Hutchens. It contains a few of the plants in this book but gives exact recipes for using them.
Excellent book review thank you! I just want to say it is commonly pronounce "Mull in" and not "Mull ain", that may help avoid any confusion among your listeners.
This might be a stupid question but in the book is it just medicinal plant? does it show every other kind of "edible" plant? and i'm guessing there isnt tree identification in the book? Thanks!
Not a stupid question at all. It does talk about medicinal plants and their uses, however many plants in this book are edible too if you look in the edible plant field guide. There are trees, shrubs, and some vines in the book where they discuss identification features of those things. It doesn't show every plant, but instead covers the plants you are more likely to see and their uses. I hope that helps and if you have any other questions feel free to ask!
You might look into a couple different books I've reviewed before. One is titled Indian Herbalogy of North America by Alma R Hutchens. It has a lot of specific recipes in it. Another one would be Back to Eden by Jethro Kloss. Those two have a lot of what you're looking for. However I will mention that they're not good for identification purposes so keep that in mind. Hopefully this helps steer you in the right direction and I'm glad my video helped you make your decision.
