Coppicing Hazel

[legendaryone]

Our site does have a hazel wood next to the orchard, but both are young but when they are ripe for harvesting every plot holder will get some.

[SarzWix]

I have a really old country cookbook which mentions hawthorn berries in a jelly recipe, but we have such huge amounts of brambles in our area I've never bothered to try it. (Not sure I'd copy a lot of what Ray Mears eats unless I was very very hungry...! )

[Peter]

sarzwix

you obviously didn't see Ray Mear latest TV series where he was adding hawthorn blossom to salads and using the berries - amazing.

It seems that almost everything is edible if prepared in the right way.

The young leaves are a natural salad.