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Spices: a world of flavors.

They have transcended eras and borders, sometimes rare and often precious. Their unique aroma and flavor evoke memories of childhood, feasts, and travels. Simply pinch them between your thumb and forefinger to enhance your recipes, without adding any fat or salt.

This illustrated book offers you the opportunity to create your own spice garden, guiding you step by step towards a productive and abundant harvest.

You're probably familiar with ginger, black pepper, and paprika, but what about wasabi, tamarind, and annatto? These fact sheets will help you identify the edible parts of each plant. You'll also find botanical information, growing conditions, and various ways to incorporate spices into your diet.

Embark on a journey to discover this unique world of flavors!

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Author: Tasha Greer
Edition: Multimondes
Dimensions: 17.6 x 24.6 cm (7 x 9.75 in)
Page: 128
Publication date: February 22, 2023
ISBN: 9782897733117

Following the immense success of the book "Forêt" which sold over 50,000 copies, here is its companion which will accompany the reader on their walks in nature!

Picking the Forest is a practical and compact identification guide to slip into your backpack.

It contains more than 100 detailed fact sheets and more than 300 photographs of wild plants at different stages of their growth, allowing you to identify, pick and eat the hidden treasures of Quebec's forest terroir. 

Author(s):

Journalist and presenter Ariane Paré-Le Gal left the city with her family to start a new life in the forest. With her father, Gérald Le Gal, a woodsman for over 50 years and founder of the company Gourmet Sauvage, she leads foraging and cooking workshops to introduce the public to the abundance of edible plants found in the area.

Gérald Le Gal has held a wide variety of jobs in Quebec, across Canada, and abroad. In 1993, he founded Gourmet Sauvage, a pioneering wild product harvesting and processing company. Still active within the company, Gérald is also involved in numerous committees working for sustainable forest development, gives many lectures, continues to train professional harvesters and the public, and makes a significant contribution to the growth of the NTFP (non-timber forest products) industry by sharing the expertise he has acquired.

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Authors: Ariane Paré-Le Gal, Gérald Le Gal
Edition: Cardinal
Publication date: April 25, 2022
Pages: 480
ISBN: 978-2-9250-7844-9
Language: French
Cover: Soft
Size: 14.6 cm x 22.3 cm

Demystify the seed saving techniques of the most common garden vegetables with simple, detailed instructions for each type of vegetable.

Discover the brand new, improved and enhanced version of the "Seed Conservation" guide!

The new and improved guide to seed saving is much larger than the previous edition (72 pages), and the important information for seed savers has been updated, covering flowers, seeds, and pollination. It demystifies seed saving techniques for the most common garden vegetables with simple, detailed instructions for each type of vegetable.

Written for both beginners and experts, this guide is designed for home seed saving as well as small-scale commercial production. If you want to learn how to grow rare heirloom varieties, save money by growing your own seeds, or simply learn more about the finer points of seed saving and gardening, this manual is an excellent starting point. In addition to numerous helpful tips, it includes a section for experienced seed savers that covers topics such as seed production for biennial crops (beets, carrots, celery, leeks, etc.) and hand pollination.

The guide includes:

• The latest developments in cutting-edge research and improved techniques
• Step-by-step instructions for preservation and storage
• Numerous illustrations and photographs
• Separate instructions for beginners and experts
• Easy-to-follow reference charts for each species
• Additional information such as pollinator profiles and many other tips
• Clear explanations of botanical concepts

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Sixth edition
Canada's Heritage Seed Program

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Publisher: Seeds of Diversity Canada (Toronto, CA)
Publication date: 2013
Pages: 72
ISBN: 978-0-9810872-2-1

In an improved edition, this is the perfect book for all nature lovers and gourmets who wish to safely experience the gastronomy of wild mushrooms without having to become specialists.

In an improved edition, this is the perfect book for all nature lovers and gourmets who wish to safely experience the gastronomy of wild mushrooms without having to become specialists.

• Clear information to differentiate between species to eat and those to avoid.
• Detailed fact sheets presenting an abundant selection of edible mushrooms: description, distinguishing characteristics, best places and times for picking, preparation...
• Fascinating photos, many of which are previously unpublished.
• Tempting recipes.
• A practical visual identification key.

Author or co-author of several books and educational materials on mushrooms, Jean Després is an emeritus member of the Montreal Mycological Society. He is also recognized for his talents as a photographer and lecturer.

Author: Jean Desprès
Publication date: May 2017
Publisher: Quintin Michel
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9782897620950 (2897620951)

Those who are more curious will find concepts that will allow them to compost larger quantities than those, more limited, of home composting.

New edition!

More content, more photos, more answers to your questions, whether you choose to make your own compost or contribute to the municipal collection. Finally, you'll understand why, when, and how to use compost to fully benefit from its fantastic properties.

Those with a thirst for knowledge will discover concepts that will allow them to compost larger quantities than those available for home composting. Others will benefit from this knowledge to understand how the organic matter they put out for municipal collection is used.

Here you will find a detailed table of compostable materials according to different processing methods: a useful and unique tool. A significant section is also dedicated to home composting, which remains the most eco-friendly (economical and ecological) way to make use of organic matter.

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Author: Lili Michaud
Publisher: MultiMondes (Quebec, Canada)
Category: Environment
Publication date: 2016-04-14
Pages: 260
ISBN: 9782895446965
Language: French

This is the perfect field guide for any wild mushroom enthusiast.

With over 500 species illustrated and described in detail, this guide to the mushrooms of Quebec is the most comprehensive ever published. The illustrations show, for each mushroom, a cross-section of a specimen as well as several views from different angles and at different stages of the mushroom's development, greatly facilitating identification.

With over 500 species illustrated and described in detail, this guide to the mushrooms of Quebec is the most comprehensive ever published. For each mushroom, the illustrations show a cross-section of a specimen as well as several views from different angles and at various stages of development, greatly facilitating identification. Mushrooms form a large and highly diverse group of organisms, and although this book focuses on the larger varieties, it still offers an incredible selection. After browsing these pages, you will have a general idea of ​​the diversity of the illustrated species, and novices can learn to identify them using the accompanying photographs and identification keys. Even for an expert, correctly identifying a collection of mushrooms is a very delicate task. Consequently, when you decide to consume any of the specimens you pick, you must be absolutely certain of their identification. You can use this book to compare your mushroom with the illustration of the specimen you believe you have found.

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Author: Roger Phillips
Edition: Broquet
Publication date: 2002-06-26
Format:
Pages: 336
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9782890005556
Language: French

Since fungi are indispensable allies in this interconnected nature, this guide should bring about changes in agricultural and forestry practices.

This book owes its success to:

• • its practical and compact format
  • its ecological approach
  • several photos of the same species, taken at different ages and in the wild
  • simplified texts that greatly facilitate the identification of 50 edible mushrooms with the naked eye.

New features of this 2nd edition ;

• changes in a number of species
• section on look-alikes, those fungi that can fool beginners
• tried and tested recipes that are easy to make

The 50 mushrooms are also found in the deciduous forest dominated by sugar maple.

You can read the argument sheet by clicking here: Argument Sheet

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Author: Roger Larivière
Publisher: Naturat (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada)
Publication date: October 2020
Pages: 256 in color
ISBN: 978-2-9818049-5-2
Language: French

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CHAGA IN REAL LIFE, abundantly illustrated, gives the right time on this parasite of the birch and presents current scientific knowledge on the fungus, thus showing that NATURAL and CHEMICAL are allies.

CHAGA EN VRAI aims to reassure consumers, who are increasingly numerous, to inform pickers and to nuance the discourse of sellers.

Its adapted content is accessible to three types of readers:

• those looking for a book
  popularized;
• those who possess knowledge
  in biology and chemistry;
• those who know about it well
  in biochemistry.

CHAGA EN VRAI provides precise answers to several questions:

1. How and when to harvest chaga?
2. How to prepare and store it?
3. What are the potential effects of its
   Therapeutic molecules?
4. Is chaga also good for
   Dogs?

Fact sheet

Author: Roger Larivière
Publisher: L'ABC de l'édition (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada)
Publication date: May 2017
Pages: 180
ISBN: 978-2-924691-07-6
Language: French

Yes, growing vegetables can be easy and fruitful!
All you have to do is follow the rhythm of the seasons…

The Ben's Adventures collection accompanies your children through easy, educational, and fascinating reading. Here is a book about gardening.

The Ben's Entrepreneurship collection introduces your children to entrepreneurial values: creativity, independence, a sense of responsibility, leadership, and solidarity. These lively and easy-to-read stories for 6- to 8-year-olds feature clear identification of complex sounds, simple vocabulary, and explicit illustrations. The Ben's Entrepreneurship collection guides your children through an easy, educational, and captivating reading experience.

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Authors: Julia Gagnon, Danielle Tremblay
Publication date: October 2013
Publisher: SAM Edition
Subject: Children's Literature
ISBN: 99782891446341

Who hasn't dreamed of growing their own fruit at home: apples, pears, plums, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, hardy kiwis, etc., and thus having fresh fruit on hand all summer long?

Explore the forest! The ultimate field guide for identifying 215 species: trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, ferns, horsetails, clubmosses, bryophytes and lichens…

Explore the forest! The ultimate field guide for identifying 215 species (trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, ferns, horsetails, clubmosses, bryophytes, and lichens). A second, updated, and expanded edition. Well-documented species identification sheets. Extensive information on forest ecology. Tree distribution maps, numerous illustrations, and over 600 color photos. Clear and practical identification keys .

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Author: Michel Leboeuf
Publisher: Michel Quintin (Quebec, Canada)
Collection: Quintin nature guides
Category: botany, gardening
Publication date: 2016-09
Pages: 416
ISBN: 9782897620981
Language: French

Discovering a fascinating and little-known world

Discreet and often disliked creatures, frogs, salamanders, turtles and grass snakes are captivating an increasingly wider audience.

Discovering a fascinating and little-known world

Discreet and often disliked creatures, frogs, salamanders, turtles and grass snakes are captivating an increasingly wider audience.

• A new, revised and expanded edition of an essential reference work
• A practical guide for both specialists and amateurs
• Over 500 striking photos, illustrating life stages, color variations, and behaviors
• Well-documented species identification sheets (description, reproduction, diet, predators, habitat, species status, notes)
• The most up-to-date distribution maps and clear, easy-to-use identification keys

David Rodrigue, a biologist specializing in herpetology, is the author of a book on the amphibians and reptiles of the world and several texts on the herpetological fauna of Quebec. He directs the Zoo Ecomuseum in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, an organization dedicated to education, conservation, and promotion of Quebec wildlife.

Jean-François Desroches is a biologist and bioecology techniques instructor at Cégep de Sherbrooke. He is the author or co-author of numerous reports and articles on the amphibians and reptiles of Quebec and co-author of the guide Freshwater Fish of Quebec and the Maritimes in the same collection.

Authors: Jean-François Desroches and David Rodrigue
Publication date: June 2018
Publisher: Quintin Michel
ISBN: 9782897623036

In these days and for the future, in a socio-environmental awareness where more and more people want to live healthily, changes in our habits and our agricultural practices are necessary.

Banned pesticides, drinking water shortages, residual fertilizers contaminating our groundwater, lakes and rivers, ever-increasing costs of plants and other horticultural products, lack of time for maintenance, etc. WHAT CAN BE DONE???

This book is for everyone. It's easy to understand. It will give you insights, tips, and advice for:

• Understanding the fundamental principles that govern nature and are so rarely explained to you.
• Demystifying what lawn care is and why it's so difficult.
• Create a personalized home that is easy to maintain, inexpensive, and has a positive impact on your environment.
• Create a diverse ecosystem while respecting other living beings on this planet.

In this book, I share my 25 years of professional experience, but above all, my 40 years of passion and awareness towards the nature that surrounds us and that has so many secrets to share with us.

You can view the table of contents by clicking here: table of contents of Ecological Alternatives to Lawn .

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Author: Serge Fortier
Publisher: Serge Fortier Publishing
Dimensions: 13 x 20 cm (5 x 8 in)
Page: 336, color
Publication date: March 2005
ISBN: 9782980706950

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A reference book that shows that permaculture is applicable to "conventional" farms, with a view to their ecological regeneration.

The book lays the foundations for the design and management of perennial agricultural systems (which rely primarily on perennial plants), with a view to reconsidering the main current societal challenges (food, energy, environment, climate) in light of their close relationship with crop and livestock farming activities.

The result is a more autonomous, diversified, sustainable agriculture, producing not only varied food resources (cereals, fruits, animal fodder, mushrooms, honey...), but also wood energy, medicinal plants, textile fiber, etc... from the plot to the territory.

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Author: Mark Shepard
Publisher: Imagine a Hummingbird
Publication date: May 2016 (French translation)
Pages: 302
Format: 21 x 21
Black and white with color photos at the end
ISBN: 9782953734492

With a simple and fluid writing style, Diane Mackay wonderfully conveys the desire to care for oneself and one's loved ones with herbs with multiple properties, in the form of infusions, liquid extracts, oils or ointments.

This spring, Colloïdales Publishing will release 40 Medicinal Plants for the Family Medicine Cabinet, Diane Mackay's first book on 40 medicinal plants that are easy to grow, process, and use, including 12 well-known aromatic herbs such as basil, oregano, rosemary, and thyme. She presents them in six sections: history, botany, gardening, uses, culinary applications (where applicable), and precautions. The book is designed as a practical guide for growing, harvesting, and processing 40 simple remedies that address most common health problems. An essential resource for building robust and natural health, the key to a healthy, free, and fulfilling life.

Diane Mackay lives with her partner, Yves Gagnon, in Saint-Didace, where they established Les Jardins du Grand-Portage. It was there that she was introduced to traditional herbalism, exploring the vast healing potential of medicinal plants. She cultivates about a hundred species, half of which she transforms into dried herbs, liquid extracts, oils, and ointments. For thirty years, she has treated those around her with her homemade products, who have witnessed their remarkable effectiveness. She also offers training and gives lectures on the subject.

You can read an excerpt by clicking here: Excerpt from 40 medicinal plants for the family pharmacy .

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Author: Diane Mackay
Publication date: April 2019
Publisher: Colloïdales
Subject: Health through plants
ISBN: 9782981027443

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Black soap, a miracle and eco-friendly product for cleaning the whole house!

In this book you will find many tips and common-sense recipes for household products made with black soap.

In this book you will find many tips as well as common-sense recipes for household products made with black soap.

For cleaning indoors, outdoors, and even treating plants, black soap is an indispensable ally in our homes. It alone replaces more than a dozen everyday household cleaning products, while being natural, ecological, biodegradable, and very economical.

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Author: Isabelle Louet
Publisher: Massin Editions
Publication date: 2015
Pages: 79
ISBN: 978-2-7072-0906-1

Méthode pour cultiver mieux et récolter plus

Le nouveau livre de l’Académie Potagère est enfin disponible !

Le potager abondant est un guide clair et concret pour penser votre potager autrement et obtenir des résultats stables, saison après saison.

Une méthode issue du terrain, pensée pour le jardin

Un potager, ce n’est pas seulement une suite de tâches à accomplir. C’est un espace vivant et nourricier qui peut évoluer et s’améliorer avec le temps.

Que vous débutiez ou que vous jardiniez depuis des années, il est possible de faire plus simple, de mieux comprendre ce qui se passe au jardin et de récolter davantage, sans y consacrer tout votre temps libre.

Le potager abondant est né de cette envie : rendre le jardinage plus satisfaisant et plus nourricier pour tous et toutes!

Fidèle à notre démarche, il ne propose pas une accumulation de trucs sans liens entre eux. Plutôt, il pose les bases d’une méthode claire qui permet de comprendre les priorités au potager, d'éviter les essais-erreurs et de récolter davantage, plus simplement.