Big Red
Malcolm Douglas
Good morning everyone,
Apologies if I've missed this when trying to search the forum, but I'm wondering if anyone can point me towards a good, Australian, pocket guide to edible/inedible Flora? The database on the forum is a great resource, but I tend not to carry my phone (well not turned on at least) while out bush.
I recall my Grandfather having a handy little (A5 size perhaps?) paperback with botanical sketches and write ups of hundreds of plants, whether they were safe to eat, how to safely prepare them and symptoms of poisoning from eating the non-safe ones. He spent many years dragging his family through the outback sinking bores, he was the type who would have definitely used some of this info!
I've been hunting around online, and in an old bookstore down here, but can only find American books. If anyone could point me to where to find a good, Aussie based tome, or even just a title/author/publisher to narrow my search, I'd really appreciate it, thanks!
Apologies if I've missed this when trying to search the forum, but I'm wondering if anyone can point me towards a good, Australian, pocket guide to edible/inedible Flora? The database on the forum is a great resource, but I tend not to carry my phone (well not turned on at least) while out bush.
I recall my Grandfather having a handy little (A5 size perhaps?) paperback with botanical sketches and write ups of hundreds of plants, whether they were safe to eat, how to safely prepare them and symptoms of poisoning from eating the non-safe ones. He spent many years dragging his family through the outback sinking bores, he was the type who would have definitely used some of this info!
I've been hunting around online, and in an old bookstore down here, but can only find American books. If anyone could point me to where to find a good, Aussie based tome, or even just a title/author/publisher to narrow my search, I'd really appreciate it, thanks!