Pendulous Sedge - Carex Pendula

[chickenofthewoods]

OK, so I have a fair quantity of seed here that I've just harvested and after it's been checked for Ergot, I'll probably lightly roast the grain a little before de-hulling and winnowing etc. I'd like to try it out in a seed mix and have a few other ideas of my own but I can't find any useful references on the net.

Has anyone here got any experience with it or experimented with it?

 

[chickenofthewoods]

I'm guessing that's a no then.

 

[gregorach]

No, but I can tell you that sedge doesn't get ergot, which is one of the attractions of it.

 

[HERBz]

The only recommendation I can give is that Ray showed how to process it in his wild food series, I think it was in the summer harvest episode but it may have been the woodland one.


Herbie

 

[chickenofthewoods]

Excellent, thanks gregorach. I had a suspicion it might not but could find no written evidence to support it.

I've just spoken to someone on another forum who's done some trials with it & got some pointers for processing so now all I have to do is set to it.