What is sprouting in your area?

[bushcraftbob]

Just interested to know what spring greens / edibles have started to grow in your area?

The hedgerows here are carpeted with Lesser Celandine and have also noticed the Pignut shoots are just protruding through the soil in my local copse. I haven't noticed any Hedge Garlic / Jack by the Hedge yet? I remember there was loads about last year but does this come on later in spring?

 

[Toadflax]

I haven't noticed any Hedge Garlic / Jack by the Hedge yet?

There's a couple of small shoots in my garden and I saw some in flower down by the river in Oxford today.


Geoff

 

[Toddy]

Lesser celandine, bluebells, comfrey, coltsfoot, lady's smock, nettles and dockens are all showing around here, and the first buds are on the hawthorns too.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[dwardo]

Loads of wild garlic about in these parts, some just about to flower. Nettles and a few other bits

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Pretty much just the hawthorns showing around here

 

[Matt Weir]

Ramsons, nettles, jack-by-the-hedge, goosegrass,

 

[fred gordon]

Can see very little as its still covered with snow! A few daffodils and some willow catkins.

 

[EdS]

nettles, oyster mushrooms, rabbits.

And the sloe gin

 

[Nitro]

I have seen some borage growing in an isolated area, a few rats’ tail plantain leaves showing, and last week just picked a few black berry leaves for an impromptu tea.

 

[MartiniDave]

Hawthorn, catkins and a few bluebells at present.

Dave

 

[Tor helge]

Sadly nothing.
But the snow is slowly disappearing .

Tor Helge

 

[locum76]

amongst wild plants,

edible:
wild garlic, garlic mustard, raspberry leaves and the odd kale type thing

the rest:
dock, nettle, daffodils, bluebells, hawthorn, most of the umbels, comfrey, celandine, clover
etc.

i've done a lot of weeding recently.

 

[ScottC]

Went for a walk yesterday...not all of these are edible



Wood Anemone

Prunus Blossom

Honeysuckle

Hawthorn

Primrose

Cow Parsley

Wood Spurge

Lesser Celandine

Jack by the Hedge

Willow catkins

Also saw the usual nettles, blackberrybrambles, bluebells just pushing through, wood sorrel, ramsons, dandelions etc

 

[JohnC]

This is a plum tree on my allotment yesterday

 

[IntrepidStu]

Lesser Celendine has bee out for ages here. Found A large flowering bunch of Ramsons the other day. I dont however know what the leaves are in the pictures below. If anyone knows, can you let me know. Cheers.

Unknown 1.

Unknown 2 As you can see, These are different views of the same leaf

Any Help appreciated guys!!

I also saw some specacular horse chestnut buds sprouting.

 

[andy_e]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7358903.stm

 

[locum76]

there aint no hawthorn in flower round these parts, the blackthorn is out though.

 

[carla]

the second plant in the photo is cow parsley dont recognise the first
just made me a salad of lambs quarters from my garden with foraged wild garlic and jack by the hedge. pretty strong. the wild garlic and jack by the hedge together.

 

[IntrepidStu]

the second plant in the photo is cow parsley dont recognise the first
just made me a salad of lambs quarters from my garden with foraged wild garlic and jack by the hedge. pretty strong. the wild garlic and jack by the hedge together.

RU sure about that??
The cow parsley leaves I have seen look more like bracken leaves.

 

[locum76]

i'm sure the first is just a dock. maybe a curly dock.