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judyofthewoods
Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 804 Location: Pembrokeshire
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 07 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: Todays harvest |
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cab wrote: |
judyofthewoods wrote: |
Golly, cab, you live near the equator? |
Its odd, but for such a small island, Great Britain has massive variations between the regions for what is ripe when. Would you believe I also spotted the first ripe hawthorn berries of the year on Saturday? |
I have noticed huge differences even on my trip into town (12-13 road miles), with some plants being well over a month apart in their development. I did spot the first ripe blackberry in a sunny spot today, but all ohers are still green and small.
Judith, you lucky so-and-so! I have been looking out for them every few days in a spot I first discovered them last year, but nothing yet. Give it a few more warm days after all this rain, and they should be growing like, eh, mushrooms.
Has anyone tried Marsh Cinquefoil berries? I spotted some a couple of weeks ago, one almost ripe, but when I went back today, most were on the ground, not ripe yet - slugs perhaps or the foul weather. Looks like a strawberry, and of comparable size to a big wild strawberry. The PFF database only mentions edible leaves, but there is no known danger either. Whether the berry is not very nice, or it was an oversight of PFF I don't know. Probably the former, as they talk in detail about how they propagated and grew the plant, if that was the case they must have spotted the berries. Would be nice if it was as nice as a strawberry, 'couse on top of it, its a most stunningly beautiful flower. |
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gil Downsizer Moderator
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cab
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judyofthewoods
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cab
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judyofthewoods
Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 804 Location: Pembrokeshire
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 07 9:58 pm Post subject: Re: Todays harvest |
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cab wrote: |
Foraging books seem to copy bland but readily identified things from each other. Or, worse, nasty edible things. Rats tail plantain and rose bay willowherb, why even list them as edible when they're so very biter?
Knapweed has to be really young. Then its still not worth it, but it ain't yucky. |
The very young shoots of Rosebay Willowherb are quite acceptable, not at all bitter. The knapweed was not very young, but not flowering either, and extremely bitter (ugh to me). I agree, plantain (Ribwort is what I tried) is very bitter, but so good for you, that its worth considering. There are few wild greens I would consider tasty enough as a pot vegetable, but mixed in with other food will add a nutritious extension. Edible and palatable don't always go together, alas, and people's tastes and tollerance vary too. I guess it all depends on your reasons for eating wild food, and under what circumstances. |
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