Andy Hamilton wrote:As I said in another post I found some jews ear, (wood ear, tree ear) fungus yesterday. I also found a couple of other patches of mushrooms with a few differeing vareities, will have to return with my book though as I am not 100% of what they are.
In gerneral there does seem to be a lot more around at the moment, wild garlic is still hanging about, hedge garlic is about but on its last legs. I even found some fennel growing wild. Of course there is the usual suspects like comfrey and nettles around. So what is growing near you?
Well I have wild garlic, blackberries, nettles. plantains, comfrey and dandilions at the moment here in the darkest north east. Hawthorn hedge is there so I guess there is something on that which is edible(?)
Having said that I owe a debt of gratitude to this site and Andy in particular as I now activly look at my hedgerows and see if i can see anything.
Mind you a good handy pocket size book on available free foods wouldn't go amiss either .... would it ANDREW !!! Hint, Hint.
Until Andy takes the hint can anyone recomend a food for free book ?
Does anyone know if the berries of fushia bushes are edible ?? There are loads on my fushia that look like rosehips but that's it.
