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GROW YOUR OWN BUSHFOODSby KEITH AND IRENE SMITHTo see other Bushfood books click here New softcover book, 140 pages, first published 1999, reprinted 2013. Think Italy - think pasta. Think India - think curry. Think Australia - now think bushfoods! Grow Your Own Bushfoods is the first-ever comprehensive and practical guide to growing and harvesting more than 140 kinds of Australian bushfoods right in your own back yard. Detailed plant profiles describe ideal growing conditions and characteristics of each species. In addition there are suggestions on the best ways to prepare and eat your bushfoods. A bushfood directory is also included which lists suppliers of catalogues, seeds and seedlings as well as native plant gardens open for inspection. Chapters include
Wikipedia has an excellent article on bushfood - click here About the authors Keith and Irene Smith have promoted organic gardening and the conservation of the bush since they started Earth Garden magazine in 1972. They have written several books, including The Hard Times Handbook, The Hard Times Kitchen Book and The Bushfood Garden. Their dream is to turn Australia into a giant bush garden before it is too late. See other Gardening, Permaculture and Sustainability books click here Grow Your Own Bushfoods by Keith and Irene Smith |