Summary

Plant specialist Eric Toensmeier introduces gardeners to more than 100 species of little-known, underappreciated plants. Ranging beyond the usual suspects - asparagus, rhubarb, and artichoke - to include such delights as ground cherry, ramps, air potatoes, the fragrant spring tree, and the much-sought-after, antioxidant-rich wolfberry, also known as the goji berry. Toensmeier explains how to raise, tend, harvest, and cook with plants that yield great crops and culinary satisfaction.