What I foraged today!

[hamesy]

I've found a patch of wild strawberries last weekend. Whether I can get any is another matter but I'm going to keep my eye on them.

[veggiechicken]

Keep your eyes peeled In praise of the elderflower - Telegraph

[Herbsandveg]

This is a thread for us to record what we have picked in the wild and how we will use it. Please add to it as a record of what is available freely at various times of the year.
More information is at http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...oraging-6.html

Hadn't seen this thread before, Veggie, and it's very, very good! Many thanks for having the presence of mind to start it...

[veggiechicken]

I say this to everybody - be absolutely certain about the identity of anything that you forage before you eat it. Get yourself a few good field guides, check and double check, only you can decide whether it is safe to eat.
Happy foraging

[KittyColdNose]

There are so many wild raspberries here it's brilliant. Just hope I am on time picking them this year and don't miss them again.

[shona_b]

I took advantage of working in the Lake District last week and picked some wild garlic for adding to my mash

[sam82smith]

Lots of raspberries here too. Saw one ripe one so had to pick it to try. Have to keep my eye on them before everyone else gets to them!

[Polytastic]

Elderflower time and picked a whole bucket full so far .... Nobody else around seems interested in them and one of the patches have gone over Never fear the rest won't follow now that I know I am not taking anything precious to anybody else Elderflower champagne is enroute

[Polytastic]

Incidentally .... spicy nettle soup is lovely with a few other veggies included. I used freshly picked (and washed) nettle leaves and veggies and included crushed chillies from the spice rack. They really zinged and it was a rainy cold day - although this might even work as a cold soup too ... only hot ... if that makes sense. Nettles are rather tasty but don't eat the stalky bits just the good old nettle leaves.

[veggiechicken]

Anyone pick samphire? Now's the time apparently BBC Food - Samphire season: Are you eating rock or marsh?

[binley100]

13lb black cherries split between three of us ........would have been more but the light was going .

[veggiechicken]

Not sure whether this link will work but its a map of Free fruit etc for picking around Cambridge. Ideal if you live locally!!
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie...medium=twitter

[binley100]

Wow...wonder if there's one for Cov........

[mothhawk]

Wild cherries, about four pounds. This is the first time I've seen the trees so laden, usually the fruit is sparse, or else the birds get to it first, but this year even branches 3 or 4 feet off the ground have cherries all the way down. Masses. Picked a few unripe crab apples to make pectin, 'cos I'm going to turn them into jam. Bearing in mind that probably half the weight of wild cherries will be stones, hope to get about 3 or 4 pounds.

[daviddevantnhisspiritwife]

Enough ripe blackberries to make a crumble for pudding today. Delicious it was too!