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PEPPERONCINI, PIMENTOS AND HOT SAUCE
Simple Methods for Making Authentic Fermented Peppers at Home

Paleotechnics handbook#18

by Steven Edholm
(Paleotechnics 2008)

Reveals a simple technique for making living fermented pepper products that can be stored without refrigeration or canning! Also includes a few notes on fermenting greenbeans, cucumbers and olives.

$5.00 Folded stapled booklet 20 pp.

SUSTAINABLE HARVEST
Approaching Wildcrafting With Knowledge and Intent.

Paleotechnics Handbook #1

by Steven Edholm and Tamara Wilder
(Paleotechnics 2008)

practical information, philosophy and ethics related to gathering wild plants.

$5.00 Folded stapled booklet 20 pp.


BOTANY IN A DAY
...Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families
by Thomas J. Elpel
(HOPS Press)

Excellent and entertaining look at the plant world through its interrelations. Both a good introduction and long term reference.

$25.00 (8.5 X 11) 169 pp.


EDIBLE & USEFUL PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA

by Charlotte Bringle Clarke
(UC Press)

A very good and well researched edible plant book. Some overlap in other states, especially those bordering California.

$18.95 280 pp.


IT WILL LIVE FOREVER
...Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation
by Beverly R. Ortiz; with Julia F. Parker
(Heyday Books)

Wonderfully complete how-to on processing acorns into a staple food.
Includes entertaining local and personal history as well as Julia's "New Way" acorn method for the modern person.

$13.95 148pp.


INDIAN USES OF NATIVE PLANTS

by Edith Van Allen Murphey
(Mendo. Co. Hist. Soc.)

Unique info on plants from all over the West and their uses collected personally by Ms. Murphey.

$6.50 81 pp.


MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE DESERT & CANYON WEST
by Michael Moore

Excellent text on the medicinal uses of plants found in the west written in a fun easy to read style. Mostly personal experience (not just the same old over-referenced material like so many herb books). All three books make a complete library of western plants.

This book is harder to find than the more commonly found Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West.

$16.95 184 pp.


MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE MOUNTAIN WEST
by Michael Moore

Excellent text on the medicinal uses of plants found in the west written in a fun easy to read style. Mostly personal experience (not just the same old over-referenced material like so many herb books). All three books make a complete library of western plants.

This book is harder to find than the more commonly found Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West.

$24.95 350 pp.


MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE PACIFIC WEST
by Michael Moore
(Red Crane Books)

Excellent text on the medicinal uses of plants found in the west written in a fun easy to read style. Mostly personal experience (not just the same old over-referenced material like so many herb books). All three books make a complete library of western plants.

$22.50 359 pp.


PLANTS USED BY THE INDIANS OF MENDOCINO CO., CA
by V.K. Chestnut
(Mendo. Co. Hist. Soc.)

An excellent book of information collected first hand by the author and referenced by other authors for over 100 years. A must for Californians.
Covers edible, medicinal & utilitarian uses.

$6.00 127 pp.


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