What you can eat in British Countryside.

by **Firestorm** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:53 pm

1. Wood Sorrel (leaves)
2.Gorse (flowers)
3.Navelwort
4.Cleavers
5.Chickweed
6.Hedge Garlic
7.Dock (leaves) [ The crushed leaves will have juice that you can use on Stinging Nettle stings]

by **Pross1** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:53 pm

Make sure you pick the fluff out of the navelwort.[:D][:D][:D]

Don't forget blackberries, damsons, elderberries & flowers (nice for wines, champagne & cordial), sloes (in gin or vodka), bilberries, hazelnuts, chestnuts, walnuts & almonds.

Be careful with mushrooms though.

by **Firestorm** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:03 pm

Oh! Oops! I forgot to add those! How silly!! Thanks!

by **drew97** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:23 pm

Fat Hen and wild Cherries(there seem to be loads of those about now)

by **Pross1** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:53 pm

We found some raspberries growing wild yesterday. Been back today & picked some. They are only small but are SOOOOOOO sweet. I'm not telling where though or I'll get no more.

by **drew97** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:26 pm

I didn't think we had wild raspberries in this country. Might it be a garden escapee, or can they be naturally wild?

by **Pross1** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:43 pm

Not sure either. They are only small though, so possibly a garden escapee gone wild. There are loads of them though mixed in with brambles. Should be a good crop of blackberries later in the year too.

by **Pross1** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:43 pm

Wild Raspberries, Rubus idaeus[/i] (also known as hindberry or raspbis) is a wild relative of brambles in the Rosaceae (rose) family. They tend to grow wild on the verges of wood or scrubland and often represent escapes from domestic garden, though truly wild raspberries are native to Britian. They have lobed leaves that are very similar to blackberries in shape (though raspberry leaves are larger and paler) and the stems bear parallel rows of very small sharp spines. Unlike blackberries whose stems ramble parallel to the ground wild raspberry stems tend to be more upright and erect, though the plant does propagate via runners, just like blackberries.

by **drew97** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:00 pm

Interesting. Thanks for the information.

by **barbarachannon** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:09 am

i would eat all types of berries and nuts, mmmm, love them, yammy!!

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