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A-foraging we will go - actually a-foraging we went!
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:24 pm
by TheLancsLass
We went on our first forage of the year today. Got some lovely baby nettles for nettle tea and had a dandelion and chickweed salad with our dinner - wonderful! Nature surely is an amazing thing!
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:41 pm
by Wombat
Good stuff Sal! Well done
Nev
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:24 pm
by Millymollymandy
Pretty good for January isn't it?
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:24 pm
by TheLancsLass
Yup we were amazed at just how early everything was! There were new shoots on the trees too. Suppose thats what you get for having a mild winter! Mind you, not that we are complaining, our salad was yummy last night!
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:41 pm
by Hedgehogpie
There's loads about if you know what to look for. Today's salad mix was dandelion,hairy bittercress, wood sorrel, sea beet, sea purslane, mallow, chickweed & rosebay willowherb.
All fresh young growth and very tasty.
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:43 pm
by TheLancsLass
Yup right there with you Hedgehogpie! The kids already want to go back next weekend as they love the dandelions :)
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:50 pm
by Andy Hamilton
I went out looking for nettles the other day and there were precious few around so well done! I also saw a greenfly, really should not have been about at this time of year.
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:55 pm
by Trinity
How wonderful to hear that other people get excited about nettles and other goodies
I loved that 'full' feeling I get when I eat wildfood briming with nutrients!
Trinity
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P.S. Andy... I have surprisingly seen plenty of aphids over the past couple of months.