I've noticed particularly this year how short the season is for some of the wild foods that I've made use of in previous years. I've been very busy over the past two to three months with decorating the house and sorting out the garden, so I haven't had the chance to wander the hedgerows and do much foraging.
As an example, I saw the elder flowers coming on in my garden pretty recently and meant to make champagne and cordial and dry some for tea mixes (I did make fritters last week, which were good, but would have been better with a thinner batter - they tasted good, but were a bit heavy and stodgy), but they have pretty much gone over now.
Similarly, I'd meant to try the young nipplewort leaves, but I let the plants get too big, so I've missed out on that one as well.
It made me realise that perhaps the hunter-gather lifestyle may have been subject to similar time pressures to those that we suffer in our modern lifestyle.
Has anybody else noticed this? And what foods stay in season for a longer time? I suppose that something like Lesser Celandine root will have a fairly long season, as long as you rememebr where they grew!
Geoff
As an example, I saw the elder flowers coming on in my garden pretty recently and meant to make champagne and cordial and dry some for tea mixes (I did make fritters last week, which were good, but would have been better with a thinner batter - they tasted good, but were a bit heavy and stodgy), but they have pretty much gone over now.
Similarly, I'd meant to try the young nipplewort leaves, but I let the plants get too big, so I've missed out on that one as well.
It made me realise that perhaps the hunter-gather lifestyle may have been subject to similar time pressures to those that we suffer in our modern lifestyle.
Has anybody else noticed this? And what foods stay in season for a longer time? I suppose that something like Lesser Celandine root will have a fairly long season, as long as you rememebr where they grew!
Geoff
