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Tony thanks again for giving such a positive review of the book. re the photos the great majority of them are of leaves so I don't think you should be missing too much without colour, leaves are generally green! what you do get is a much clearer image of the form of the leaves, with no clutter...

yes I have been chatting to Marcus on other topics, will do on this one also. he is very good on thistles and I have found thistle roots easier to work with.

Does anyone have any views about wild roots? I am researching this for a book at present. Has anyone had good results with wild parsnip, wild carrot, burdock or others? I find them all too tough at best good for flavouring. silverweed though is excellent. Any helpful leads on this will be...

Nathe your e-mail account does not work! just got a delivery failure message after sending a message. By the way the pinetum is only part of the area of woodland on one site, and its not the pinetum itself that would be used for bushcratf stuff.

Hope the meet up went well today. ANyone interested in the site I mentioned for further meet ups should e-mail littlehallpinetum@hotmail.com Hope to get involved in what ever is arranged!

...regarding that wood: I think the general idea would be a tenner per head for the weekend. Its been undermanaged really due to... no-one managing it! the owner is very open to ideas though but not wanting to devote lots of time to it and the fairly recent development of there being a warden...

I'm afraid I can't make this one, I have a previous engagement. But I checked with the warden of the wood I spoke about and it would be fine to do a weekend there. There a stream at the bottom, clay, hazel, hornbeam, a fire area and camping area, basically a clearing with a big chesnut tree in...

Jon, I supply a few restaurants. In fact I am looking for pickers so your wish could come true- send me a PM if you are interested. Likewise to anyone else who fancies it. I have a great time giving my occupation as "Forager". theres always a pause before people say "Excuse my ignorance but what...

I pick wild food plants for a living! ...so could probably help by giving a list of what I am currently picking: Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum Chickweed Stellaria media * Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris* Dandelion Taraxacum officinale* Rose Hips Hairy Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta*...

I have just trawled through many messages trying to make sense of them to the point: where and when something is happening. I will confess I am a bit bleary so can I just ask someone to clarify as I can't find the information! anyway, the thing is, I know of a wood where fires and other...