Very impressed with self as no longer can it be said I'm a fair weather forager! Although as it happens the sun did shine.
Got loads & loads of hogweed & geranium,plus some brambles & herb robert
If you have just this minute got in from foraging I'm hugely impressed
(To be fair, I'm pretty impressed anyway. I should forage a bit, my own plot isn't going to provide supplies for the next few months as I had anticipated *sighs).
Matt goes out all weathers for ours I don't :lol:Very impressed with self as no longer can it be said I'm a fair weather forager! Although as it happens the sun did shine.
Still loads of hogweed by the canal here, in patches: today's frost won't last long enough to hurt it as wellWell done! I'm amazed that you found some Hogweed. We've got loads of it in the garden, but none that's producing leaves atm.
That's great! Sounds like there will be more hazel twigs in their future! =) Sophie and Casper aren't big fans, which is too bad, because I can easily get them hazel twigs.On my last not so productive forage, I passed a hazel tree & took off 2 small branches ...wasn't expecting them to be interested. Well they all were. They weren't wolfed down immediately but over 2 days gone completely. Even Mousey. This is happy news for me as it means I can get them hazel twigs all year round
On my last not so productive forage, I passed a hazel tree & took off 2 small branches ...wasn't expecting them to be interested. Well they all were. They weren't wolfed down immediately but over 2 days gone completely. Even Mousey. This is happy news for me as it means I can get them hazel twigs all year round
We're just starting a proper pruning regime on our garden. We prefer to do anything bunny safe, especially winter pruning, over a few weeks so the bunnies can chew what they want. No point chopping loads off at once when it'll just die and be unpalatable. Today we discussed the pear, hazel, currants and removal of the rogue honeysuckles, and started with a piece of pear and redcurrant. The pear was an instant hit, the currant will take some time to go They were SO excited about the pear :lol: Ours aren't hazel fans at any time of year TBH, it's always left until last!
We also talked about gooseberries. We need to clear a load of bushes before we can get to the one we want to keep, so we're going to wait until they've got leaves on so we can put the through the bunny stick processor :lol:
Yeah, that's what ours are like with currant moreso than hazel: try and feed them currant in spring/summer and they won't even touch the leaves!lucky bunnies. I think faced with a better selection mine would reject Hazel twigs but in these dark & wintery days they are better than nowt
Mousey is certainly enjoying it. De-veined brambles, dandelions, sow thistle, herb robert & grass. I set off as it was just getting dark but no streetlights where i went. Got soaked too. Supermarkert veg & herbs tomorrow
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The OH just gets them brambles every day, it's me who does any further foraging XD We've kept big swathes of herb robert in protected areas, very useful! We still have some chickweed springing up and other stuff actively growing, in our canalside microlimateI must try to pick a variety of things here. It's lazy to just pick a handful of Red Dead-nettle day after day, with an occasional Brambles relief and a variety will provide more nutritional benefits.
The OH just gets them brambles every day, it's me who does any further foraging XD We've kept big swathes of herb robert in protected areas, very useful! We still have some chickweed springing up and other stuff actively growing, in our canalside microlimate