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This is an easy-to-use guide that will appeal to insect collectors, horticulturists, and nature lovers alike.

This book covers all the major insect groups. It's an easy-to-use guide that will appeal to insect collectors, horticulturists, and nature lovers alike. Designed to engage children as well as specialists in agriculture, forestry, and pest control, this guide features over 1,500 species illustrated with 2,000 color photos!

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ISBN: 9782890008250

Author: Yves Dubuc

Manual for the artisanal breeding of broiler chickens, laying hens and dairy goats.

In 2008, Dominic Lamontagne and his partner Amélie decided to settle in Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides with their two children, motivated by a desire to escape urban life, get away from it all, and learn to feed themselves. To their great surprise, the project encountered numerous regulatory obstacles. Despite these constraints, they managed to build a subsistence farm on less than one hectare of cleared land, consisting of a small number of dairy goats, laying hens, and broiler chickens.

Step by step, taking into account the legislative framework and current environmental standards, this practical guide, featuring over 250 illustrations by the author, teaches you how to:

• raising laying hens, broiler chickens and dairy goats on a plot of land of less than one hectare;
• favour seasonal livestock farming over grazing;
• construct a mobile cage for raising broiler chickens and a mobile chicken coop for raising laying hens, a table for milking goats and a small poultry slaughter station, with illustrations to support;
• produce, process and cook your own eggs, poultry and dairy products;
• prepare fresh cheese and make soap from goat's milk;
• create a self-sustaining ecosystem to ensure your subsistence.

Whether you're interested in small-scale farming or dream of owning a small farm and practicing diversified, non-mechanized, and ecological subsistence agriculture, L'Artisan fermier is an unparalleled source of information. Let's eat freely!

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Foreword by Marc Séguin and Claude Lamontagne

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Author: Dominic Lamontagne
Publisher: Ecosociété (Montreal)
Publication date: 2019
ISBN: 9782897195229

FOREST is a reinvented identification guide that offers, in a single volume, all the keys to rediscovering the forgotten treasures of our wild landscape, a veritable larder. Practical and poetic, this bible of Quebec's edible plants contains over 100 beautifully illustrated entries and just as many inspiring recipes for preparing forest delicacies.

While local food is a hot topic and the "farm-to-table" concept is all the rage in the restaurant industry, the riches hidden within our boreal forest remain largely unknown. Two years ago, journalist Ariane Paré-Le Gal left the city with her family to start a new life in the heart of nature and join Gourmet Sauvage, a company founded by her father, Gérald Le Gal. Together, they transform forest products, offer foraging and cooking workshops, and contribute to education and the sharing of their knowledge through the media. Both practical and poetic, this comprehensive guide to wild edible plants contains over 150 illustrated entries, photos that invite you to immerse yourself in the forest, a foraging calendar, and insightful reflections on our relationship with food and nature.

Author: Ariane Paré-Le Gal
Publication date: May 2019
Publisher: Cardinal
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9782924646458

Creating a "forest garden," or "edible forest," involves planting a wide variety of edible plants at different heights, inspired by forest systems.

Creating a "forest garden," or "edible forest," involves planting a wide variety of edible plants at different heights, drawing inspiration from forest ecosystems. Thanks to their mutual interactions, the chosen species require little soil work, weeding, or pest control, resulting in a productive and healthy system.

This book provides all the keys to creating a forest garden adapted to our climate, whatever the size of the project: design, planting and maintenance advice; a directory of more than 500 trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables and climbers, all edible or useful, all cultivable and available in our region, and many of which are little known.

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Author: Martin CRAWFORD
Publisher: Ulmer Editions
Publication date: 2017
Pages: 250 illustrations - 352 pages
ISBN: 978-2-7072-0906-1

In this practical guide, horticulturist and epicurean Hélène Baril describes in detail the characteristics of several herbs and edible flowers adapted to the Quebec climate. You will learn how to make the right choice according to your needs or the available space (flowerbed, pot, vegetable garden, balcony, etc.). You will also find information on ecological cultivation methods, companion planting, and urban gardening.

In this practical guide, horticulturist and epicurean Hélène Baril describes in detail the characteristics of several herbs and edible flowers adapted to the Quebec climate. You will learn how to make the right choice according to your needs or the available space (flowerbed, pot, vegetable garden, balcony, etc.). You will also find information on ecological cultivation methods, companion planting, and urban gardening.

In the kitchen, the author shares her tips for harvesting and preserving herbs and flowers, and offers a few simple and delicious recipes. " Fines herbes et fleurs comestibles du Québec" (Quebec's Edible Herbs and Flowers) invites you to enjoy the pleasures of growing and savoring edible herbs and flowers year-round.

Hélène Baril is a graduate of the Montreal Botanical Garden's School of Horticulture. A trainer and lecturer, notably for the Quebec Federation of Horticultural and Ecological Societies, she is also a columnist and landscape design consultant. She coordinated the writing of the Sélection Passions Jardins guide and authored *Plantes décoratifs pour patio et balcon * and *Fines herbes et fleurs comestibles pour les jardiniers gourmands* (Bertrand Dumont publisher).

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Author: Hélène Baril
Edition: Broquet
Publication date: 2023-01-03
Size: 15.5 cm x 23.0 cm
Pages: 192
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9782896547562
Language: French

The best flower and food pairings are also offered through surprising recipes. Floral meals bring summer to your plate all year round!

Flowers aren't just decorative; they also possess culinary qualities and unparalleled health benefits. How about spring rolls with a thousand petals? Daylily bundles filled with shrimp mousse? Or perhaps you'd prefer roasted salmon with thyme blossoms, and to finish your meal, geranium flower cupcakes?

This guide is a treasure trove of tips to help you grow your own edible flowers for a healthy, pesticide-free harvest. It allows you to identify the edible parts of over 250 flowers that can be cultivated or harvested in our fields and forests.

The best flower and food pairings are also offered through surprising recipes. Floral meals bring summer to your plate all year round!

You can read an excerpt by clicking here: Excerpt from the book Flowers on Your Plate

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Author: Nathalie Beaudoin
Publisher: MultiMondes Publishing
Dimensions: x cm (x in)
Page: 274, color
Publication date: 2018-04
ISBN: 9782897730871
Language: French

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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

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

If you don't aspire to become a mushroom expert but simply want to learn how to recognize the best-tasting and easiest-to-identify species, this book is for you. This little guide will introduce you to a fascinating world of shapes, colors, and, even more interestingly, flavors.

Interest in wild mushrooms is growing. However, it's not always easy to distinguish between dangerous and edible species. If you don't want to become a mushroom expert, but simply want to learn how to recognize the best-tasting and easiest-to-identify varieties, this book is for you. As for its name, after tasting the same mushroom several times, you'll eventually remember it. This book was designed to simplify the search for and identification of wild mushrooms. With the help of 220 highly accurate color photos, Mr. Leclerc explains how to easily navigate these pages and identify about fifty different wild mushrooms. Learn where, when, and how to pick them. Furthermore, the author explains how to prepare, dehydrate, dry, freeze, and enjoy mushrooms.

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Author: Yvon Leclerc
Edition: Broquet
Publication date: 2021-10-19
Size: 12.5 cm x 20.5 cm
Pages: 140
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9782896546947
Language: French

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

Site selection, development plan, choice of plant species, budget, work organization and citizen participation: this book provides the tools to develop collective food forests in our communities.

How can we easily and abundantly grow healthy fruits and vegetables for a local community? And how can we do so in an environmentally friendly and resilient way, while also strengthening cultural ties, promoting education in sustainable agriculture, and maintaining biodiversity? The answer lies in multi-layered agroforestry systems, better known in Quebec as "food forests." Self-regulating like a natural forest and requiring minimal maintenance, these systems are valuable allies in the ongoing agroecological revolution.

In this guide, Caroline Dufour-L'Arrivée leverages her expertise to equip and support communities wishing to establish food forests in their environment, whether urban, rural, municipal, school, or institutional. In addition to offering numerous tips on plant selection and agricultural techniques, this guide:

• explains the concept of "food forest" and its importance;
• shares the experience gained by thirteen model and pioneering initiatives in Quebec in the form of detailed and illustrated portraits;
• shows how this type of development allows communities to rebuild links and develop their resilience;
• identifies the fundamental elements that must be taken into account to successfully carry out a collective food forest project;
• offers a step-by-step working method to help structure the implementation processes of this type of project and monitor their progress.

Citizens are increasingly expressing their desire to develop a new, healthy, and sustainable agriculture that is less labor-intensive and creates multifunctional green spaces. This guide will certainly meet their need for support in their collective project.

Illustrated by Mélika Bazin

Author: Caroline Dufour – The Arrival
Publication date: November 4, 2024
Publisher: ECOSOCIETE
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9782898570339
Format: printed paperback book
Illustrations: 178 color photographs, 71 illustrations
Dimensions: 21.6 cm x 21.6 cm

Healthy soil teems with life – not just worms and insects, but a staggering amount of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms.

Good gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance.

Healthy soil teems with life—not just worms and insects, but a staggering number of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we damage the microbial life that normally sustains plants. At the same time, we become increasingly dependent on a whole arsenal of artificial substances, many of which are toxic to humans and other life forms. But there is an alternative: gardening to strengthen the soil and its food web, this fragile and complex network of living organisms whose interactions create a favorable environment for plants.

In this clear and concise book, which avoids jargon and overly technical terms, you will become acquainted with the various organisms that make up the soil food web. You will learn how to maintain and regenerate it to optimize soil quality through the use of compost, compost tea, and mulch, and which solutions to favor depending on the composition of your garden (lawn, vegetable garden, trees and shrubs, perennials and annuals, etc.).

In short, if you want to grow vigorous and healthy plants while cultivating your garden without using chemicals, this book is for you.

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Authors: Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis
Publisher: Rouergue
Publication date: 2016
Pages: 208
ISBN: 978-2-8126-1036-3
Language: French

This collection of five books addresses current environmental issues. Its educational tone raises awareness among young readers about the role they can play in protecting the environment. After reading, children can explore the topics further if they wish. This collection is sure to appeal to young scientific minds!

Ecosystems are amazing places, but their balance is fragile. A simple change in the ecosystem can disrupt the lives of everyone who lives there. Jade and her older sister travel along waterways, through forests, and across mountains to admire the beauty of the ecosystems around them. Follow them on their discoveries!

Green Turn Collection

This collection of five books addresses current environmental issues. Its educational tone raises awareness among young readers about the role they can play in protecting the environment. After reading, children can explore the topics further if they wish. This collection is sure to appeal to young scientific minds!

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Author: Collective
Publisher: L'Envolée
Collection: Green Turn
Publication date: 2020-01-14
Size: 25.0 cm x 27.5 cm
Pages: 16
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9782894886632
Language: French

From spring to winter, picking wild plants means learning about them, getting closer to nature and enriching your daily life with healthy, local and tasty products.

Often considered "weeds," they are actually precious, interesting… and useful! One by one, Isabelle tells us about them, presenting the characteristics that allow us to identify them, their history, and their benefits. She explains how to harvest them respectfully and gives, for each one, different suggestions for use, with one or more recipes.

From spring to winter, picking wild plants means learning about them, getting closer to nature and enriching your daily life with healthy, local and tasty products.

Originally from the Lower St. Lawrence region, Isabelle Simard inherited ancestral traditions and developed a passion for the plants around her from a young age. Discovering that not everyone was as fortunate as she was, she shares her knowledge and expertise with disarming simplicity. This book, inspired by her outings throughout the seasons, brings together some sixty plants that grow wild across Quebec.

Often considered "weeds," they are actually precious, interesting… and useful! One by one, Isabelle tells us about them, presenting the characteristics that allow us to identify them, their history, and their benefits. She explains how to harvest them respectfully and gives, for each one, different suggestions for use, with one or more recipes.

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Author: Isabelle Simard
Publisher: Flammarion Québec
Publication date: 2023-09-07
Size: 16.5 cm x 21.0 cm
Pages: 256
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9782898111198
Language: French

Aimed at both novice and experienced foragers, this book has all the qualities of the perfect guide: easy to consult, it offers an overview of each edible plant through detailed descriptions and color photographs.

Furthermore, the author suggests ideas for cooking the collected specimens and identifies poisonous plants to avoid. This is an essential tool to keep in your backpack!

Laurence Burton

Laurence Burton is passionate about edible wild plants. Trained in foraging at several renowned schools in Quebec, the United States, and France, this professional forager founded and now runs the company Un goût de forêt (A Taste of the Forest) , whose mission is to introduce people to the edible, medicinal, and survival-related wild plants of Quebec. Here, she presents a comprehensive field guide on the identification, ethical harvesting, and conservation of 70 of these plants found in our forests and along our coastlines.

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Author: Laurence Burton
Publisher: Les Éditions de l'Homme
Dimensions: 16.5 x 20.5 cm (6.5 x 8 in)
Page: 304, color
Publication date: April 27, 2022
ISBN: 9782761957854

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The author presents his ecological vegetable gardening technique, the result of over 30 years of experimentation. It is a precise and easy-to-understand method for growing vegetables in companion planting.

The author presents his ecological vegetable gardening technique, the result of over 30 years of experimentation. It is a precise and easy-to-understand method for growing vegetables in companion planting. The planting diagrams are clear and easily reproducible in the garden.

This technique will be particularly suitable for those who cannot cultivate on mounds or wish to maintain a linear vegetable garden structure, while wanting to stop tilling, work with cover crops (surface composting), associate crops with each other, fertilize naturally... Furthermore, the author's overall "all ecological" approach will also interest those looking for a coherent cultivation technique for a permaculture approach to the vegetable garden.

Aromatic and medicinal plants play a vital role in this farming system. The author believes they are also essential for human health, enabling a healthy diet. Therefore, she dedicates a significant portion of her book to describing their uses for health and cooking, including numerous recipes. Each plant description is accompanied by a photograph to help identify the plant.

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Author: Gertrud Franck
Publisher: Imagine a Hummingbird Publishing
Pages: 256 pages
Date: July 2013
ISBN: 978-2953734447

The transplanting trowel is ideal for digging small holes in the soil, planting bulbs, and preparing potting mixes. This narrower model is perfect for container gardening.

• Sturdy 6-inch (15 cm) stainless steel blade
• Wooden handle with cushioned grip for added comfort
• The color of the handle may differ from that shown in the photo.