What I foraged today!

[hellybore]

This week I have collected wild garlic from our local park and wild rocket from the beach edge - came across some lovely fat bunches I hadn't noticed before.


I was thinking about cutting some florets of sea kale from the beach too, but have been told it is illegal to pick it as it's a protected plant. Just googled that and several articles confirm it is illegal to pick it. I have some baby plants on the go at the allotment so will just have to wait until they mature!

[sotonallotment]

Spent a good few hours on The Common this morning in and out of the woods and around the streams. I was hoping to find some wild garlic but had no joy. Did manage to track down a patch of watercress though.

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Made a lovely watercress and goat's cheese tart for dinner with it. Also had my eye out for elder bushes, obviously too early to be in flower but good to know where to find it come late-May.

[meteor]

gathered wild garlic and used them in an omelette for supper and gave the rest to my family.
I collected a bucket of fir cones, best kindling material ever.

[Jeanied]

I have just discovered that the allium paradoxum which is choking my snowdrops and lily of the valley can be used like wild garlic

[MrsCordial]

Not sure if this strictly counts as foraging, but I picked loads of wild garlic from my parents' flower beds. They don't like it and don't want it, so I'm at liberty to have as much as I want

[veggiechicken]

A bit like me - Mrs C.
I've been picking Three cornered leek (Allium Triquetrum) which is galloping through my garden. Looks beautiful, tastes good but it certainly is invasive.
To the Grapes that I've sent some bulbils - keep a careful watch on it - cut off the flowers before they seed - the flowers look good in a vase and don't smell of onion.

[Feral007]

3.24 kgs of rosehips.

[Scarlet]

Wild asparagus for my tea.

[MrsCordial]

Is my computer wigging out or has no-one contributed to this thread since May?!

Don't know if it strictly speaking counts as foraging, but I picked up a load of windfalls from our apple tree yesterday and prepared them for the freezer. I love knowing that in the winter I'll want apples for something (of course annoyingly I wanted them for something on Friday but looking for windfalls didn't cross my mind) and there they'll be.

[Dorothy rouse]

You just reminded me, I picked a punnet of wild blackberries yesterday, very early aren't they.

[mothhawk]

I picked 4lbs blackberries yesterday, the first of the season. Huge, luscious juicy ones, absolute masses on the bushes, and I only had one bag with me - I could have picked 4 times as many! I thought they were a bit late starting, I usually get a pound or two in July, but I think the extreme dry weather has held them back.

[Jeanied]

Another good handful of wet hazelnuts for my salad

[Nannysally99]

Another good handful of wet hazelnuts for my salad

Where you get these from Jeanied?


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[bumear]

My OH picked her annual crop of blackberry from behind where she works. Two large bags of them. I also saw a family picking raspberries in my works car park at lunch!


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[Nannysally99]

Blackberries growing wild at the end of my Daughters garden. All in the freezer waiting to be joined by others .