Old school money saving, forage for your food and eat for free!

earningNsaving

Those dandelion clocks keep me and my dog entertained lol. I blow them and he chases after them. There are loads of dandelion plants in our garden.
Do you think it's possible to make some variation of dandelion & burdoch? I love that drink but it's so expensive!

I have loads of buttercups and daisies in the garden too and these purple and yellow flowers. I'll have to have a look and see what they are and see if they can be used. Ooh how exciting this is going to be, getting in to the spirit of foraging for food

My only worry is getting my wild mushrooms mixed up and bringing home some of the "magic" variety lol

Emuchops

You can eat nettles raw as long as they're well pulverized. Raw nettles mashed in a mortar and pestle make an interesting pesto and this morning I had a raw nettle 'green smoothie' courtesy of my Nutribullet. Once the leaves are bashed around a bit the stings become harmless.

Seakay

earningNsaving wrote: »

Those dandelion clocks keep me and my dog entertained lol. I blow them and he chases after them. There are loads of dandelion plants in our garden.
Do you think it's possible to make some variation of dandelion & burdoch? I love that drink but it's so expensive!

Lots of recipes online both for dandelion and burdock beer and for non alcoholic versions

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dandelion+and+burdoch+recipes&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:%7Breferrer:source?%7D&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7MXGB_enGB523&gfe_rd=cr&ei=IE2LU9WMGq_Y8geTx4DACg#%7D=&q=dandelion+and+burdock+recipes&spell=1

Willowpop

Hi guys, would someone please be able to confirm if the photos above are Elder please? both photos are of the same bush.

Mojisola

Willowpop wrote: »

Hi guys, would someone please be able to confirm if the photos above are Elder please? both photos are of the same bush.

Yes, they are.

Willowpop

Thankyou. I thought as much. Will be giving elderflower cordial a try then.