Food For Free (Collins Gem)

I didn't realize, as it wasn't immediately apparent in the book summary that this is quite specific to the UK. I'd assumed that he was going to be covering temperate regions in general. This largely renders the book non-useful for anyone outside of Britain as the species covered appear fairly localized, even if they have close relatives in the US, the varieties are different enough to cause confusion if going upon the info in this book.

The biggest bummer is that I've got nobody I could give this book away to since it would cost as much to ship it to the UK as it would cost someone there to just buy it new.

No obviously this is partially my fault; I should've known that since it was a UK publisher it wouldn't be useful to me, but it would have been nice for Collins to describe it's region-specificity in the book description submitted to Amazon.

It was written for the UK, not The USA. Several of the plants do not grow here, but overall it is very nice.

Maybe not the best but good pictures and information, be VERY CAREFUL with the mushroom section.
Eating the wrong mushrooms can cause death.
Seriously BE VERY CAUTIOUS with that section and when eating any wild plants.
Please build your skill set up.
Dandelions are delicious when harvested at the right time.

Great reference! European plants, but most are ubiquitous species so applies to other parts of the world. Lot of info for its compact size. Very compact and light, easily carried in a backpack.

I don't have any experience in surviving outdoors. This is great. It has pictures and information that is easily understood. I highly recommend this book for any outdoor enthusiast. This book is compact and very easy to pack.

Very useful

Good book...! Thanks...!

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