Wild Edibles PDFs

Edible Fungi & Tree Associations

This 30-page PDF has over 40 edible wild fungi and their mycorrizhal tree associations. Knowing what trees these mushrooms prefer will increase your chances of successfully foraging for your favorite fungi! Pre-order for $5. Available March 31 ($8).

Health Benefits of Maitake

A research paper that discusses the medicinal factors of maitake with a focus on how it affects our immune system, its role in gut microbiota, blood sugar levels, HIV & more. Almost 30 pages of research-backed information which includes nutritional facts as well as a brief history.

Weeds Can Be a Gardener’s Best Friend

This detailed PDF demonstrates how weeds can be highly beneficial for gardens. They pull up water and nutrients from deep within the ground, they help control insects and they are also indicators of soil quality conditions.

101 Autumn Mushrooms

101 Autumn Mushrooms is a pictorial PDF magazine with 101 high quality images of autumn mushrooms to help with your autumn fungi identification. Mushrooms are sorted by classification (i.e., gilled, bracket), and edibility, medicinal or toxic properties.

A must-have for anyone interested in learning about autumn mushrooms.

Free Food from Foraging (PDF and Kindle)

This 18 page book contains lots of great information about why knowing how to forage is important, and is available in Kindle or PDF versions.

It also discusses topics such as: soil nutrition; vitamin depletion in produce; vitamin shopping tips; and foraging tips.

Conifers in the Kitchen

A great guide for harvesting conifers such as pine or spruce and using them in a variety of ways as food. Includes numerous detailed recipes such as tasty pine cookies and pine muffins!

My Osteoarthritis Journey

How I managed to overcome osteoarthritis naturally. From agony to being pain-free, here are details about my personal OA recovery.

Deciduous Tree Identification

This 48-page PDF is a pictorial guide to over 50 deciduous trees that are common to central and eastern North America (altnough many of these trees are found throughout the world). Each tree has a hgh-definition picture of its bark, leaves and buds.