The Forager's Calendar: A Seasonal Guide to Nature’s Wild Harvests

Purchased this after listening to the audiobook. Well worth it. Very informative and at times very funny.

I've been lucky to enjoy several days of foraging in John's company and have enjoyed every one of them immensely.It's not just John's vast knowledge of wild food (which he imparts enthusiastically) that I enjoy; it's also his little anecdotes, his humour and his honesty!If a plant or a mushroom is edible but tastes awful - he will tell you!From my first flick through this lovely new book I can see that he has brought that honesty to it too. Thankfully, there's also plenty of his anecdotes and good humour also.Reading the introduction, it feels like I am back in John's company, listening to his lovely tales of Blackberry picking with his parents or other countryside adventures.This book is laid out clearly by month and the photos help with easy identification of the various plants available in each season.I strongly recommend you pick up a copy and enjoy some time on a foraging expedition, in John's company.

Really lovely, lots of great information and helpful tips. Great as mo th by months so helps identify what and where to forage

I'm a keen wild food fanatic, and I wanted to add another book to my collection. The Foragers Calendar is now one of my favourites, it's packed full of useful information and has 373 pages on wild food also further reading follows those pages. The only gripe is that the months of the calendar do not follow the listed items, they seem to be all over the place depending on the month. I can highly recommend this book although a little heavy on walks, also funny at times.Pros... Great for the beginner and professional alike. Humorous at times.Cons...... Heavy for walks and layout could be a little bit better.

Interesting book. Very pleased thank you.

I love this book so much. In fact, you can see from the pictures that I have loved this book almost to death. And I've only had it for one year. It's stained with blackberry juice, elderflower pollen, gin, and whatever else I've found and used to cook/brew with my winnings. It has been scratched all over from rose thorns has been dropped in a few puddles, and now genuinely smells a bit "herby".The format is just perfect - I read a whole chapter at the start of the month and then dip back in for some reminders between and during foraging excursions. I still enjoy each time I re-read the informational content - which is something as I have a brain like a sieve and forget everything rather swiftly. The matter-of-fact yet sometimes mildly silly tone often has me laughing out loud. His observations on gardeners are astutely relateable as my father is a keen gardener and I a keen forager - yes I agree "sometimes I do think that gardeners feel the need to suffer". I will often read bits out to my father that relate to the weeds he is frantically trying to rid his garden of (ground elder being a great extract) and it will make us both laugh.He is also, like most fairly normal humans that are worth knowing, a slight dipsomaniac (and I will be buying his other books about how to brew your own etc).I think this is the best "all-rounder" foraging book and great for somebody who is just getting started. However, as I do not live near the sea, I travel around the UK on a narrowboat foraging the towpath hedgerows, I haven't yet, ahem, digested any of the sea-side delights the book has to offer. As this book has really inspired me to forage more I will be buying the hedgerows and mushrooms River Cottage handbooks.I say get this book in hardback because I do carry this everywhere with me and it shows. I just wouldn't anybody love it to death like I have and regret not getting a hardback copy to last a bit longer.

I have had a few books on foraging before and they often wouldn't leave me confident about going out and getting most of the species in the book. This one is completely the opposite with clear pictures, really good descriptions and always has easy things to check to make sure you have the right plant or mushroom when needed. I've already had a few forays out and have collected a few delicious things and made notes of where to come back to when the time is right. The author conveys a lot of information whilst still keeping things in layman's terms and has a pretty good sense of humour so you will definitely get a chuckle or two reading it. Really impressed with this it's well worth the money.

A very informative Book to add at home