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Just thought i'd say that i've just harvested about 200g of poppy seeds from the wild poppies that are sitting outside my back door.

Not the most adventurous of forage i know, but will go nice in some fresh bread.

Cooking should take care of any small amounts cyanide in the kernels (I hope! :lol: Did you know that tiny amounts of cyanide are also counted as a digestive stimulator? Nice thought to have in mind as you expire! I think you'd need to consume quite a quantity before you did yourself any major harm...

Difficult! Could depend on how soft your plums were - underripe is best for jam making & ought to give a good result. However, some recipes I have also call for the stones to be cracked open and all the kernels tied into a muslin bag & added to the fruit while it's cooking to aid the set. I...

Hi everyone, Just following up from my last post about turning my 4kg of foraged plums into plum jelly. I usually have quite a good track record when it comes to making jams and jellies, but this plum jelly is not working out at all. I have red the River Cottage preserving book back to front and hav...

Just been back to check on my secret stash and there is even more than i had previously thought. I'm not even exaggerating when i say that there must be about 2 miles of hedgerow that is just full of plum trees. They are now turning a lovely red colour with a few going a really nice purple already. ...

Thanks for your replies. Even the negative ones are useful.

I'll have a look at the examples that were given, and then come back with some observations.

Hi everyone, I'm fairly new to this site but thought i'd float an idea out there and see what people's experience or opinions on this are. I like the idea of being self sufficient, but i think that it is far healthier to be community sufficient. With this in mind i've been thinking about the idea of...

. Whereabouts in Kent are you? I'm in Maidstone. At the moment i'm using Richard Mabey's book as my main guide, but i also have the River Cottage mushroom guide and Julie Brutton-Seal & Matthew Seal's Hedgerow Medicine. I've had an allotment for the last couple of years, but with not having the...

Thanks for the tips. In terms of identifying what these particular fruits are can anyone help shed some light? As well as the description i have already given, they are around 2cm to 3cm in diameter, pale green turning to yellow and red, and grow almost in clusters along the branch. The branches are...

Hi everyone, I've been reading this site for a few weeks now and thought that it was high time i made my first post. This is my first year of foraging and i'm really loving it. I've already made Elderflower champagne and cordial, as well as rose petal syrup. So far they have all turned out really we...