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Re: What wild foods are about in your neck of the woods
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:59 pm
by Big Al
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.
Re: What wild foods are about in your neck of the woods
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:54 pm
by ocailleagh
Bob Flowerdew says they are, and how could anyone with that name be wrong? :)
Re: What wild foods are about in your neck of the woods
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:21 am
by Odsox
Big Al wrote:Until Andy takes the hint can anyone recomend a food for free book ?
Yes, how about 'Food for Free' by Richard Mabey
I bought my copy in 1972 but I just Googled it and it seems it's been reprinted many times and is still available ... Amazon has it.
It lists just about all edible plants in the British Isles, although not necessarily worth eating.
Re: What wild foods are about in your neck of the woods
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:33 pm
by Big Al
Odsox wrote:Big Al wrote:Until Andy takes the hint can anyone recomend a food for free book ?
Yes, how about 'Food for Free' by Richard Mabey
I bought my copy in 1972 but I just Googled it and it seems it's been reprinted many times and is still available ... Amazon has it.
It lists just about all edible plants in the British Isles, although not necessarily worth eating.
Thank you Tony,
I'll look out for it and start enjoying / experimenting with "free " foods... I wonder if the wife will eat raw nettles if I tell her it's free....
edited to add... I went onto th local library website and they had 3 copies so I went down hot foot and snaffled a copie for the next 28 days...
