Suggestions for Best Field Guide to Edible Weeds?

[bellamausi]

I've ordered a couple of books a few days ago, I'll let you guys know, if any of them are any good. :)

[sport]

Kaybee.
I have been scouring the internet a few weeks ago and found a hands on course that I can do but it is not until September so it is of no use to you.
I pick nettles and dandolines when I go for my walks and add them to my smoothie. I feel that it helps to supplement other things and if I can add one or two more things to that I will be satisfied for now.

[kaybee]

sport--is that a course up in galway or mayo? i think i found something about that on the internet too.... (dang, i just tried to find it again, thought i bookmarked it but its disappeared....i was going to email them because there was something about them coming out with a guidebook that looked good... it was a couple of months ago i came across it, seems to be gone now, now theres only that one at the organic centre in leitrim; i bet thats the one youre talking about...)

i know we have nettles in the garden. i got welts on my wrists from getting "stung" by them last summer trying to dig new beds.... i didnt know dandelions grew in ireland though. this isnt wild i dont think but you know you can eat nasturtium flowers and (and leaves i was told too. i was told you can use the young leaves in salads. if you plant some nasturtiums they will spread like weeds:) and they look pretty in your salads too). we have those in the garden too. i also know some people use comfrey like spinach, but there seems to be debate about how safe comfrey is internally; although some swear by its benefits as well...

anyway, im going to ask around dingle (i think ive already been identified as one of the "crazy americans" there anyway ) and see if i can find anyone who does this stuff or knows this stuff. I would love to find more wild greens, and ESPECIALLY dulse if I can because seaweed is so darn expensive in the hfs and its harvested off the coast of ireland anyway... I'll pass on the details if i learn anything....

darn i wish i could find that website i found a few months ago....its nowhere to be found

have you looked at the book "food for free?" that one looks good but id say its hard to be sure about anything without a person actually showing you...

here is a website someone from britain from another raw foods website referred me to....again, its not going to help people identify plants if they dont already know them, but it does give pretty good lists of what plants are edible, and extensive descriptions of their uses, etc and many of the descriptions mention if the plant can be used raw:

www.pfaf.org

kaybee

kaybee

[sport]

Kaybee
The course that I am considering is being run by The Ballymaloe Cookery School which is a very well known institution over here as the owner is our best known TV cook.
I found it through the website of The Slow Food Movement. This is a movement which has been set up to counteract the fast food way of life and who are trying to get people to go back to the old way of preparing and enjoying food but I do not think that they know anything about the latest food movement (the raw food movement).

[Shirleyh]

Hello! Comfrey is a safe herb. If there is no chemical fertilizers, and you dont over process it, it may be safe. Comfrey taken in small amounts may be fresh and safe. Read more on preparation of it. I dont know if raw is okay.