permaculture

[Russ Grayson <pacedge@magna.com.au>]

On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 04:54  PM, Gaden@ziplip.com wrote:

> Re: Russ Grayson's - There's two useful books for the urban forager: 
> 'Wild Food Plants of Australia'(Tim Low, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 
> 1988, since reprinted) and 'Wild Herbs of Australia and New Zealand' 
> (Tim Low, Angus & Robersons, 1985).
> These are excellent books and well illustrated. Let's also not forget 
> to pay homage to two other pioneers of Australian Bush Foods 
> publications, Joan & Alan Cribb. From the early 70's they researched 
> and documented bush food species and their uses. Together they have 
> published a definitive series of books on native plants and their 
> properties: Wild Food in Australia (1975, 1982, 1987), Useful Wild 
> Plants in Australia (1981) and Wild Medicine in Australia (1981)
>
> "The Bush Food Handbook" by Cherikoff & Isaacs (Ti Tree Press) is also 
> a useful publication for Australian foragers.

You are right - I also have the Cribb's and Cherikoff titles and 
recommend them. I don't know if the Cribbs volumes are now out of 
print, though.

...Russ Grayson