Foraging - Natures Food

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Thank you Floyd I was begining to think I had imagined it as one of my neighbours had never heard of doing it.I always soak 'n'salt Broccolli as its suprising what wee beasties like to creep in and feed on the sprigs.

sexki11en

Unbelievably I've done my first round of brambling here today! Must be a combination of the hot weather we had a few weeks back and the rain from the last week or so. Isn't it a bit early for blackberries?? Still I'm going to build up a huge store and we'll have spiced apple & bramble crumbles and bramble jam through the winter


SK x

Gigervamp

It is a bit early, but I noticed a few odd ones were ripe on the bushes by the local co-op the other day. Ours aren't usually ripe here until late august/early september.

eranou

do they not come out tasting all salty after soaking in salt water?

Gigervamp

I use salt water and never noticed them tasting salty.

meg72

Gigervamp wrote: »

It is a bit early, but I noticed a few odd ones were ripe on the bushes by the local co-op the other day. Ours aren't usually ripe here until late august/early september.

Same here noticed a few ripe ones and ate them on my way to the shops.

What have noticed is that there seems to be far more berrys than in recent years. Same in the garden with raspberrys, strawberrys and gooseberry. Hope there is no truth in the saying that a good berry year means a hard winter.

nicki_2

Can anyone recommend places in Liverpool where I can go foraging with my little girl? I live in Wavertree and all I seem to be able to find is blackberries in a local business park.

floyd

There are lots of blackberries over towards Thurstaston on the Wirral, you will be too late for elderflowers now but the elderberries will be coming good soon, I got my elderflowers in Woolton Woods but there will be some in the Mystery as its near the railway line.

The whole of Woolton road and large parts of Clarkes gardens going up to the village are lined with sweet chestnuts.

I haven't found much else despite keeping my eyes peeled, my OH's grandfather picks mushrooms on the central reservation of Mather avenue if the grass gets long enough but I have no idea what they are.

In the next week or so I'm going to take a walk up towards Netherley as there is farmland and hedgerow at the back of the estate so I'll report back if I find anything interesting.

floyd

A begging call if ever there was one

Is anyone willing to share locations for picking sloes anywhere across the North West and into North Wales? I've just found out my usual source in South Wales is disastrous and currant-like so I need to find another location. After last years success, I have orders for sloe gin for family that I need to fill

kymbogs

Foraging around these parts is proving fruitless. OK sorry I couldn't resist the pun!!!

I've identified an abundance of rowan berries which I have found fairly limited information on but seeing as they are the only edible thing I can find a lot of, there shall be rowan jelly.

There's two large cherry trees very close by, can't reach anything on it and husband is taking some persuading to go back round there with a ladder....

Found a raspberry bush in someone's garden absolutely bursting with ripe fruit, knocked on door to ask politely if they used the berries and they said yes so we left it but I went back there at the end of the week and the berries were still there just going manky :-(

Aside from that, I've found a bush that I am having trouble identifying. The leaves were a bit like small holly leaves and the berries were quite oval shaped, purple with a sort of powdery coating. I squished a couple and they seem to be mostly full of seeds rather than juice so am not hopeful. Anyone got any ideas what they might be?

Many thanks

Kimberley