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Foraging Challenge

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  • DebtFree2012
    DebtFree2012 Posts: 3,573 Forumite
    Hi All

    Apparently you're supposed to take the top part of the nettles, anyone heard that too?

    Also I heard comfrey was poisionous however Hugh uses it and eats with it.....

    Can't beat a bit of Hugh!
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  • Chris25
    Chris25 Posts: 12,918 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic I've been Money Tipped!
    oh, only just seen this

    I posted about fuschia jam, a few years ago - too early now in the season but useful later on, maybe

    http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/season-taste/fuschia-jam_4501.html

    too lazy to search back through my posts but the recipe (& a couple of others) is on above link. :)
  • jumblejack
    jumblejack Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    edited 5 July 2012 at 5:02PM
    Guys, I'm gonna need your help in a mo.

    I just went on a good old forage:j

    I got me a little bag of these wild cherries:
    photo-145.jpg?t=1341502677

    A carrier bagful of these elderflowers:
    photo-149.jpg?t=1341503764(sorry about the size, photobucket is playing silly beggars again!)

    And I'm quite excited about this even though I bet you all recognise it anyway....
    I finally discovered HAWTHORN!!! :j:j:j
    photo-148.jpg?t=1341502749
    I've suspected it was hawthorn but never bothered checking as I didn't know that the leaves and berries were edible until I got the food for free book:T:T

    I found several species that I bet you lot may recognise so I'm gonna pop the pictures on one at a time. I don't know where to begin checking so any guesses from MSErs will be a starting point!
    :A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
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  • jumblejack
    jumblejack Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    edited 5 July 2012 at 5:17PM
    Is this burdock?
    photo-146.jpg?t=1341502700photo-147.jpg?t=1341502714
    It was about 3 foot high and the lower leaves were colossal.

    I'm not too bothered about foraging the root but would just like to know if I've got the right one.

    Cheers.

    Ps, there are 3 more to ask you about!
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  • jumblejack
    jumblejack Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    Mystery tree no 1:

    photo-144.jpg?t=1341502669

    Any ideas what it is?

    Cheers
    :A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
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  • jumblejack
    jumblejack Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    Mystery tree no 2:

    photo-143.jpg?t=1341502659

    Any ideas?

    :)
    :A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
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  • jumblejack
    jumblejack Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    Mystery tree no3:

    photo-142.jpg?t=1341502618

    These were all growing in one area. I don't know where to begin looking for IDs so thought I'd start with you guys before I trawl the net.

    Cheers folks.
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  • PennyGrabber
    PennyGrabber Posts: 1,288 Forumite
    jumblejack wrote: »
    Is this burdock?
    photo-146.jpg?t=1341502700

    No, it's a ladybird!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Grocery challenge for family of three - me, dd(12) and ds(11), feeding dp 2 or 3 x a week too. Only food, not toiletries. Jan £87.97/£100 Feb £0/£100
    Frugal 2018 needed! Saving and NOT spending
  • jumblejack
    jumblejack Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    Hehe :rotfl:
    Yer nutter:D
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  • Possession
    Possession Posts: 3,262 Forumite
    I'm sorry I don't know the answers JJ, but I have a hawthorn tree in my garden. have been cutting down bits of it for years, am I supposed to have eaten it instead?!
    I just came across this and wondered if it might be any use for wild garlic ideas if there's anyone who hasn't already seen it:
    http://www.frugalfoods.co.uk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/44-check-out-the-ramsons

    and I wish we had a Wilkos. Unfortunately those items aren't online.
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