What have you forraged lately?

[Harmonica]

foraged up some elderflowers a few weeks ago to make Elderflower Champagne - 21 bottles of the stuff. Just opened the first two bottles - very tasty!

Just waiting for the berries now and jam making can start!!

 

[thecalbanner]

ive been goin nuts on the wood sorrel and pine needle tea. mmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[hog]

Billberries, tyrned into a pie by Mrs Hog.

 

[listenclear]

Mmmmmmm, that pie looks very fine indeed!!!!
Got me a few fairy ring champignon today - never tried them before so will look forward to that...

 

[Acorn62]

mmm mucky mouth pie! not seen that since we moved back down south.

Wild strawberry time here! And also the hazels are looking very abundant this year......

 

[listenclear]

Red clover, mugwort, plantain, meadowsweet and lime flowers!

 

[jonnie drake]

mmmm pie.

had a few rasberries today, found a cherry tree goldmine down the road perhaps a cherry pie is in order!!!

 

[Ruvio]

Hog, I'm really not a fan of pie. And that's one of the best looking things I've ever seen.

I picked some Damsons and wild onion yesterday while i was teaching about a million kids about nature.

As per usual, anyone local (or passing through) to central lincs, Ill happily pass on where they're located

 

[rancid badger]

A fistful of wild strawberries yesterday and about half a pound of conifer resin ( mixed species) on Sunday gone.
R.B.

 

[bernie66]

How do you get pine resin off your hands in the woods? I tend to be sticky with it and irritated by it for hours and am sure that there is an easy way that I don't know about

 

[Sanji]

Found some wild Raspberries, on the weekend but not been out much cause of the rain here

 

[jonnie drake]

a handful of rapsberries and bilberries and a huge bag of cherries winner

 

[rancid badger]

How do you get pine resin off your hands in the woods? I tend to be sticky with it and irritated by it for hours and am sure that there is an easy way that I don't know about

Find some dryish sandy soil, pick up a hand full of same and then scrub the resin off with it, just as if you were using a hand cleaning gel.This method tends to stop your hands being sticky and the resin just wears off with the soil.

A softer alternative, is to use dry grass but the sand/soil is by far the most effective.

This might sound a bit "old wives taley" but it's how I do it every time I'm out 'n' about.
At home; I've tried hot water and washing up liquid, soap,even meths! but you need something abrasive to get it off in my experience.

Mind you, I've got fairly leathery hands too!

 

[bernie66]

Thanks for that, its always irritated me to the point that I tend not to use it out in the woods as it spoils the next hour or so. And it tastes vile

 

[DaveBromley]

I went out yesterday and found a whole host of goodies. I got myself a great piece of ash for a stick, then found hawthorn berries (not ripe yet) What i assume are rowan berries (also not ripe) Hazel nuts (you guessed it not ripe) and a whole stack of plum trees most of which were not ripe but then we found one tree that was getting all the sun and there were a load the WERE ripe lolknocked some down and me and my nipper scoffed the lot lol

I know what im going to be doing in about 3 weeks lol everything should be perfect for harvesting then!

Dave

 

[demographic]

A load of field mushrooms and some Marsh Samphire, never eaten Marsh Samphire before and was pleasantly surprised.

 

[_scorpio_]

foraging mostly just within 300' of the house, but that includes (none ready yet) elderberries, wild + domestic strawbwerries, blackberries, rowan berries and apples.
LOTS of homemade jams this year i think!

 

[Radix lecti]

Pine cones and more Pine cones from the woods and some wild rasberries from the old fellas garden.

 

[Jellytot]

Can we class Rhubarb from my neighbors garden?
Also a holly sapling from our local wood for the middle of my garden,
Nettles and dandelions almost daily for the bunnys as well as fresh tall flowering camomile.
The woods where we walk frodo are full of bramble in blossom at the moment and there will be lots of picking!

 

[_scorpio_]

foraging mostly just within 300' of the house, but that includes (none ready yet) elderberries, wild + domestic strawbwerries, blackberries, rowan berries and apples.
LOTS of homemade jams this year i think!