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Foraging - Natures Food
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Hello All
Thanks for all the ideas so far - keep them coming.
Thanks for all the suggestions re how to use wild food, i am sure we can make stuff for pennies ( like the pesto idea;)) and ATM we all need to save a few quid wherever possible.
I will be making notes, theres stuff here that i hadn't thought of.
BW
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Just wanted to say Hi Trinny - nice to see you posting ! Don't see many posts from you these days me dear !:AA little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men :cool:
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I have spotted a tree on the common ground near our school with what looks like plums on it. They are small, green, turning yellow then redish at the higher branches. I took one and it has a stone that looks like a plum in the middle, but the question is how do i know it's a plum and i'm not going to poison anyone?
Is it even the right time of year, or am I barking up the wrong tree, as it were?"On behalf of teachers, I'd like to dedicate this award to Michael Gove and I mean dedicate in the Anglo Saxon sense which means insert roughly into the anus of." My hero, Mr Steer.0 -
How big are they?
There are quite often cherry plums in parks and public gardens so it might be those. If you can get a reddish one, cut it in half and touch your tongue on the flesh. This will be enough to tell you if its sweet and plummy but not enough to hurt you.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/british-natural-history/urban-tree-survey/identify-trees/tree-factsheets/c-to-e/cherry-plum/index.html0 -
we have so far picked 4lb of blackberries and made it in to a pie a crumble muffins and a box in the freezer...we also saw hazel nuts....and either sloes or damsons...does anyone know how u tell the difference ?onwards and upwards0
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Damson trees don't have thorns, sloes do
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Taste them, Damsons are edible!!!0
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How big are they?
There are quite often cherry plums in parks and public gardens so it might be those. If you can get a reddish one, cut it in half and touch your tongue on the flesh. This will be enough to tell you if its sweet and plummy but not enough to hurt you.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/british-natural-history/urban-tree-survey/identify-trees/tree-factsheets/c-to-e/cherry-plum/index.html
They are cherry plums! I'll be keeping my eye on them until they ripen; thanks."On behalf of teachers, I'd like to dedicate this award to Michael Gove and I mean dedicate in the Anglo Saxon sense which means insert roughly into the anus of." My hero, Mr Steer.0 -
Here is Ray Mears demonstrating what to do with the berries from the hawthorn:
http://youtu.be/CVUUdpjEYDU0 -
Errr...tried to get into YouTube by putting this up as a quote and altering "youtu.be" to YouTube and it didnae work....0
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