Could this be my first Pignut find...?

[JDO330]

I do hope so as ive been keeping my eye out for a couple of years now.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61601845@N04/5606750228/

Lokking at this web site http://www.naturessecretlarder.co.u...pignut-foraging-tutorial-conopodium-majus.htm it looks spot on to me.

Fingers crossed....

ATB, Jon.

 

[JonathanD]

Paul Kirtley has just put up an excellent article on his blog about finding pignuts .

 

[Mesquite]

It sure does look like one. Was it brown before you removed the skin?

And I'll second JD's comment about Paul Kirtley's article, well worth reading

 

[JDO330]

Hi Mesquite / JD.

Yes, it did have a thin brown skin on it that was easily removed with my finger nail.

Its a funny thing, I took some time out today for a very quick walk in the woods (45mins max) to see how the bluebells were coming on and I nearly always enter and exit the wood in the same place. I found this on the way back out and lucky old me appears to have hit Pignut gold as there were 100's of them!

Before I dug it up I Googled "pignuts" on my phone and came across the site listed above. I read it a couple of times and paid attention to details such as the stem or root narrowing and going off at a right angle. It was carefully extracted with the assistance of the Awl on my SAK Soldier, its all I had on me.

Megga chuffed now, although I shall give the Paul chap a google and see what he has to say before I go back and have my dinner!!

Cheers Guys.

ATB, Jon.

 

[JonathanD]

Once you get your 'eye in' you find pignuts everywhere. Pauls article is spot on.

 

[JDO330]

Absolutely. I just read it a couple of times and im 100% sure what I have is a pignut. I shall monitor this patch all season now so I can see how they change through thier natural cycle - the my eye will well and truly be in

I shall now subsribe to his newsletters.

Thanks for your help.

Regards, Jon.

 

[chas brookes]

Link to Paul Kirtleys Pignut guide

http://paulkirtley.co.uk/2011/conopodium-majus-pignut-forage/

 

[redneck]

Yep, that's deffo a pignut you have there...

 

[TeeDee]

I took a little trip to gold old bonnie Scotland last year for a bit of a Mooch around and couldn'g get over how many Pignuts were present.