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Foraging

So I went Blackberry picking yesterday…. And it got me thinking- what do other people forage whilst out and about?? 
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  • Floss
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    Sloes, rosehips, elderflower & elderberries 
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  • -taff
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    Mirabelle plums,damsons, bramleys, pears.
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  • All tall the above, plus hazelnuts, walnuts, crab apples and, in season, nettles! The fresh tips in spring are full of valuable nutrients; I dehydrate & crumble them up & use as a herb in soups, stews & gravies. To be fair, they grow right down one side of my allotment so I don't have to go far to find them!
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  • This last week I've foraged water mint, apples and blackberries and am planning to visit a laden plum tree I spotted earlier this year later on today. 
    Last year I also found mulberries, cherries, pears, rowan berries, hazelnuts, walnuts, elderflowers, elderberries, rose hips, crab apples, vine leaves, and figs.
    My top tip is to look down and scan the ground by your feet and as soon as you see anything edible look up to find where it fell from.

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  • Toonie
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    Alas not much, everything near me seems to get stripped really fast. Then in Epping Forest (nearby) you are not supposed to take anything from the forest (according to the bye-laws) and recently there have been restaurants and traders picking all the mushrooms they can find in autumn which obviously ruins it for everyone else let alone the ecological impact (or the personal one if you pick the wrong sort).
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  • mostly just blackberries, had small amounts of hazel nuts and chestnuts. I see damsons and sloes in amongst the blackberries but have never picked them
    onwards and upwards
  • nimbo
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    Cherries. 

    Plums. 

    Sloes. 

    Blackberries. 

    Rose hips. 

    Elderflower. 

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  • In normal times.. wild garlic, nettles, dandelion leaves, sorrel.
    In the past, also elderflowers, elderberries, damsons, blackberries, chestnuts, beech nuts, young beech leaves, hawthorn berries
  • Katiehound
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    In normal times.. wild garlic, nettles, dandelion leaves, sorrel.
    In the past, also elderflowers, elderberries, damsons, blackberries, chestnuts, beech nuts, young beech leaves, hawthorn berries
    what are you doing with beech nuts? (or hawthorn berries, come to that!!)

    I haven't done it but I saw an article which suggested using the flowers of meadow sweet to make cordial- like elderflower but I think it has a marzipan flavour. I didn't have enough empty glass bottles to try- and all the plants too near the roadside.
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  • GaleSF63
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    No-one has mentioned raspberries.
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