Summary of David Nash's The Prepper's Guide to Foraging

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The best way to learn about wild plants is to take the time to study them together with an expert. This process takes a long time, but you will learn the most in the safest way possible.
#2 The best way to learn about wild edible and medicinal plants is to spend time doing research in a well-stocked library. Do not rely solely on the Internet for your information, as quality control is nonexistent and mistakes can be fatal.
#3 I like to play fast and loose with certain things, but with others I force myself to go slow and work the right way. I prefer to gather five or more informational resources and vet them together before trusting my life to a piece of information.
#4 The Universal Edibility Test is supposed to allow a person to determine if they can safely eat a wild plant, but many plants are extremely toxic, and even a small amount will result in death.

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Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 20 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669355731
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on David Nash's The Prepper's Guide to Foraging
Contents Insights from Chapter 1
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The best way to learn about wild plants is to take the time to study them together with an expert. This process takes a long time, but you will learn the most in the safest way possible.

#2

The best way to learn about wild edible and medicinal plants is to spend time doing research in a well-stocked library. Do not rely solely on the Internet for your information, as quality control is nonexistent and mistakes can be fatal.

#3

I like to play fast and loose with certain things, but with others I force myself to go slow and work the right way. I prefer to gather five or more informational resources and vet them together before trusting my life to a piece of information.

#4

The Universal Edibility Test is supposed to allow a person to determine if they can safely eat a wild plant, but many plants are extremely toxic, and even a small amount will result in death.

#5

Do not eat plants that have milky or discolored sap, beans, bulbs, or seeds inside pods, bitter or soapy taste, spines, fine hairs, or thorns.

#6

There is not enough land in America to support a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. While some die-hard mountain men will argue the point, there is simply not enough land to support the hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

#7

Herbal remedies cannot be marketed as medicine, and doctors cannot endorse or make specific claims that a certain plant treats a certain illness because of the federal government’s testing and approval process.

#8

The parts of a plant have different properties and uses.