Stephen Barstow presents fascinating and useful information about his top 80 perennial leafy vegetables including lots of historical references, his and others’ recipe ideas, along with photos and more. Many of these are easily grown and can be ornamental as well as great edibles. This will be a really useful book helping extend the range of food plants for gardeners.”Martin Crawford, Agroforestry Research Trust. With beautiful illustrations from Lucille Clerc, this captivating book traverses the globe via plants: nettles in England, mangoes in India and tulips in the Netherlands Around The World In 80 Plants takes us on an inspiring edible adventure across the continents, introduacing us to the author’s top 80 perennial vegetables, with inspiration along the way from local foraging traditions and small scale domestication. Each plant has its own ethnobotanical story to tell; introducing Sherpa vegetables of the Himalayas; forest gardened and foraged vegetables of the Sámi people of Arctic Scandinavia; a super-vegetable of the Maori of New Zealand; an onion with a 1,000 year history linking the author’s home and Iceland ; a plant which earned the name ‘supermarket of the swamps’; the traditional veggie roof gardens of Norway; clifftop perennial vegetables of Dorset’s Jurassic coast; the Hampshire perennial vegetable triangle; Scandinavias best kept secret, a long-lived spinach that climbs; Prince Charles’ Forest Garden, and inspiring multi-species dishes of the Mediterranean countries.

Interestingly, every plant has its own character: some like to cooperate with animals or other plants to benefit (birds spreading seeds, for example), while others lie and cheat.

Jonathan Drori] comes to this book with a lifetime of experience and a passion for talking about - and encouraging the preservation of - plants, trees, insects and birds. He brings with him a cheerfully wry sense of humour and a wonderful way of explaining to the previously ignorant the golden nuggets of fact, the "did you knows?" that make the book such fun to read for curious people, for gardeners, for people who like science, animals, travelling, and/or learning, for a fascinating set of plant vignettes that are easy to dip into and savor Dandelion - the latex/white sap has been used to manufacture rubber tires since World War II and a specific variety of Russian dandelion gives high yield. US manufacturers are investigating and apparently there are dandelion latex tires available in Europe.

Around the World in 80 Plants will be of interest to both traditional vegetable and ornamental gardeners, as well as anyone interested in permaculture, forest gardening, foraging, slow food, gourmet cooking, and ethnobotany. A thorough description is given of each vegetable, its traditions, stories, cultivation, where to source seed and plants, and how to propagate it. Around the World in 80 Plants takes us on an original and inspiring adventure around the temperate world, introducing us to the author’s top eighty perennial leafy-green vegetables. This charming and beautifully illustrated book takes readers on a voyage of discovery, exploring the many ingenious and surprising uses for plants in modern science and throughout history

What has underground gardening in Tokyo, the origin of garlic and an English bishop got in common? They are all stories from the original, groundbreaking book, Around The World In 80 Plants. Perennial gardening will never be the same again, nor will be your kitchen repertoire! A beautiful celebration of the plants and flowers that surround us and a quiet call to arms for change’ The Herald Yet, most of the flagged plants bear familiar names, and are associated with a particular country primarily because they have cultural or commercial resonance with the region even if their roots lie elsewhere. Tulips mark the Netherlands, of course, though we learn that they are imports from Turkey and take their name from the Persian word for “turban.” Dandelions ( Taraxacum officinale) are featured in Estonia, where industrial plantations provide rubber from the latex that oozes from their stems (see “Rubber Dandelions” by Katrina Cornish, Natural History, October 2019). Artichokes ( Cynara scolymus) appear in the entry for Italy, which produces eight times the crop of the United States, although Castroville, California bills itself as the “Artichoke Capital of the World” and is home to the world’s largest concrete artichoke.

Also when your tuber is exposed to light and starts to look a bit green (it's only chlorophyll) but the exposure may have concentrated the toxins in the skin so you really need to cut off the green area or just discard the potato.Fun fact about me: I generally dislike touching plants. It's a weird little aversion, and maybe it's from that time I pet a cactus as a child and learned what "regret" meant, but regardless of the reason, it's a thing for me. Buuuuut I also really love nature and plants and learning and science. This is a fantastic little book, and what I most want to emphasize is that I truly think anyone can read and enjoy this!!! For a very factual nonfiction book on a very sciency topic, that is quite impressive! Ik kijk nu vol bewondering naar de ogenschijnlijk eenvoudige paardenbloem (Taraxacum officinale) die in Estland wordt gevierd met een heus paardenbloemenfestival. Maar ook over de aardappel, tomaat en banaan heb ik weer wat bijgeleerd. Mijn smaakpapillen werden geprikkeld door koffie, vanille, saffraan en gember. En ik maakte voor het eerst kennis met iboga en asafoetiola. Wormwood (genus Artemisia), an aromatic herb with silvery leaves and bright yellow buds, is native to Europe and can be found growing in fields throughout the continent, but particularly in France, where it’s used as one of the main ingredients in making absinthe. Although there are different thoughts on who actually invented absinthe, according to one story it's believed that the first person to use wormwood to make absinthe was a woman in Switzerland by the name of Madame Henriod. Called the “green fairy,” absinthe is a liquor that’s been immortalized in pop culture for its supposed psychedelic properties, which have led imbibers to “go mad," Drori says. (Case in point: Artist Vincent Van Gogh lopped off his ear after allegedly partaking in a few too many rounds of the potent tipple.) Papyrus (Egypt) Squash, Pumpkin and Bottle Gourd, Cucurbita spp. and Lagenaria siceraria, USA (with Papua New Guinea) 191 tomate. Итальянцы, однако, всё экзотическое и заморское называли «маврским», и набирающая популярность новая культура получила у них прозвище pomo di moro — «плод мавров».»

Apart from telling us all about the plant's quirks, Drori also sometimes adds a slightly cynical or critical note about humans and the way we treat or have been treating the plants in question, not in the least because that behaviour threatens our own lives, or all life on our precious planet. I appreciate that very much. No plant, nor animals or any other living thing on earth, exist solely for our benefit, and thus we have to treat them with due respect. Eric Toensmeier, award-winning author of Paradise Lot and Perennial Vegetables, and the co-author of Edible Forest Gardens.

elevator pitch". Его размер подразумевает что автор успеет наговорить и продать свою идею за то короткое время что ваш лифт едет до нужного этажа. Это не обязательно самый структурированный текст, и он не столько идет по плану, сколько красиво переходит от одной запоминающейся детали к другой — и так пока не откроются двери или пока не закончится двухстраничный разворот. Его цель — навести фокус и заинтересовать. Designated as the national flower of India, the lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera) has been a sacred symbol of the country for thousands of years. These aquatic plants, whose magnificent blooms come in shades of pink, yellow and white, are often seen floating languidly on the surface of ponds, marshes and other slow-moving bodies of water. The lotus is a commonly depicted motif in art as well, in particular amongst Hindus who believe that Brahma, the creator of the universe, emerged from the navel of Lord Vishnu while seated on top of a lotus flower. Not only is the stunning plant cherished for its beauty, but the lotus root is recognized as an important food staple across Indian, Japanese and Chinese cuisines, calling to mind the mild vegetal flavor of artichokes, but with a much more satisfying crunch. Chrysanthemum (Japan) And the list ends with the massively diverse and vitally essential marine phytoplankton. Not only a key component in the food chain but also carbon sequestration in amounts far beyond what the land-based plants can provide. As I researched the book, using obscure historical sources and the most up-to-date academic papers, I discovered wonderful and frankly, bizarre new things about plants which seemed so familiar, like the tomato, and the humble dandelion, which is pretty much regarded as a weed here in England. And I had goosebump moments investigating plants that I’ve always found creepy, such as the eerie mandrake and Spanish ‘moss’ of Louisiana. usare Folio di Ticino — «использовать касторовое масло» — по-прежнему означает там «принуждать» и «мучить».»