Australian Native Food Harvest 2nd Edition 2023

Description

The second edition of our award winning and self published book, Australian Native Food Harvest: A Guide for the Passionate Cook and Gardener provides practical advice for growing, harvesting, and using Australian native plants in the garden and kitchen, whilst exploring Australia’s lost opportunities to fully appreciate the importance of the knowledge of First Nations people in relation to the uses of its native plants.

Australian Native Food Harvest is inspired by Julie and Anthony’s experiences in growing and using Australian native plants over thirty years at Peppermint Ridge Farm. These experiences have enabled them to identify the tastiest native food plants that will thrive in temperate and cool climates.

Drawing on Julie’s education in permaculture and her own experience developing native food gardens, Julie provides inspiration and useful tips to help you design your own attractive, sustainable native garden that can provide habitat for native wildlife, featuring plants that can survive without much maintenance and taste great in the kitchen.

The book showcases her selection of over thirty  plants suitable for sub-tropical, temperate and cool climate regions that she knows will thrive along with another eleven plants suitable for larger spaces. Extra habitat species have also been included for those wanting to increase habitat in their home gardens.

The tastes of these selected plants are quite unique and their health benefits documented in the book are astounding. Over 70 easy-to-follow recipes featuring native Australian flavours demonstrate how easy it is to incorporate these unique plants into your everyday diet. The recipes have been developed in the kitchen at the Peppermint Ridge Schoolhouse Cafe over three decades.