Foraging - Natures Food

rachbc

Someone has cut down all my blackeberries.....

Well in fairness not all - but a big patch near me

And well not really mine - they were growing all over the garden of the empty house near me and I picked those that hung over the wall onto the private road leading to the back of my house.

However I guess the plus side is they are doing up the shabby house so hopefully it will get a tennant as nice as the others in the little block there...still annoyed as there were laods left I had intended to freeze. Nevermind bilberries should be out now so thats this weekend

ceridwen

*Chattie* wrote: »

goodness I better let our local Michelin star restaurant owner know that he can expect the police at his restaurant any day now for serving up mushrooms he and his head chef foraged recently :eek: Very nice they looked too, he posted pictures on Twitter.

As a matter of interest what is a professional forager as the word professional implies paid whereas as amateur is unpaid? perhaps your professional friend is breaking the law too?

To clarify:

a. The professional forager I mention isnt a friend of mine (just one of 5 "professionals" I have learnt from to date...).

b. You may be interested to read the legal position I state on this:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11584156

c. Specifically re those mushrooms - there is a limit laid down as to the maximum amount of mushrooms one should forage (ie by - think 'tis called the Mycological Society?). I've read of this myself and a member of this stated it in a recent talk I attended - and I believe its 1.5 kilogrammes from memory (for personal use only).

Hope this helps.:)

D&DD

Oh what a shame Wilding and Rach we have brambles literally rotting here Mind you I'm jealous of your bilberries

I didn't get my butt in gear until after the damsons had gone either and the one thing I'd love to find around here is a plum of any sort..Annie keep your eyes peeled :rotfl:

Directions to Pear tree are as follows enter at PLane and turn to your right..follow the path along past the sloes and at the far end there is a bench with a fork to your right take that (the track now splits into 2 but both lead round to the same place)The left side is for the more 'adventurous' and the right is flat this is where the walnut tree is too in the centre about 20 foot ahead when you turn in.
Also elderberries on your right and crabapples on your left

When the tracks join again go to your left and then left again..

If you go straight along this path you come to the little copse where the apples are on your right

The pear is off to the right of this little wood about 2 trees over I think?The grass is a little long so wellies and trousers are in order

Hope that makes sense any probs I'll be in and out of here all week now the kids are back and we just have scheduled chaos instead of total and utter chaos :rotfl:

Luna_Ramona

We missed our train by seconds so went to check out the apple tree we know grows just around the corner. The apples looked ripe to me so I took one off and tried it. It tasted like a golden delicious, so that went to my son to eat while I filled my pockets!
Got enough for a week I'd say and there were plenty left on the tree!!

parsonswife8

We've managed to forage a half a bag of really fat rosehips. Plenty more left.:)

Dustykitten

Foraged a pudding basin of blackberries plus a pudding basin of cob - I've cracked some and 95% are empty - how disappointed at I! Also been gifted a bag of windfalls so Apple Pandowey tonight and blackberry and pecan oat bars tomorrow.

annie123

Thanks D&DD, will go again this weekend. And promise to shout if I ever find a plum tree;)

D&DD

I am so flippin :mad:
The travellers we thought this morning had gone.. have just moved fields and are parked right next to the pear tree Annie :eek:

But the state they have left the other field in is appalling..they've not only taken all the apples but pooped everywhere around them (total health hazard),dumped sacks of rubbish and bottles and a calorgas bottle(!) beneath them and also completely broken in half the gala apple :mad:

The fields are being used as racetracks so I wanted to warn you will PM you if they clear off.

Soo not been a great day foraging today :rotfl: did however spot some nice hips so I'm planning to make some Rosehip syrup to pour on my fat dish of icecream I'm going to eat to console myself

RAS

D&DD wrote: »

a calorgas bottle(!)

That could be valuable - the deposit is about £30 on some of them.

Mrs_Veg_Plot

Can anyone advise me please?
Can you use any hedgerow rosehips for syrup/jelly?

There are loads by us but some are much bigger than others. This willbe my first time using them so I am not quite sure which ones to pick.

Thanks

Mrs VP