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my foraging diary
- Thread starter willow and squiggles
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MightyMax
Banned
Kara
Warren Veteran
Haaaaaaaaa NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :lol:
keletkezes
Wise Old Thumper
If anyone wants to know what hemlock looks like, there's a patch near the railway bridge on the Nott'm-Beeston canal :thumb: I was looking for forage up there and wondered why that patch was bigger when the rest had been 'used' (I found bunny poo so some other bunnies are stealing my bunnies' forage :lol: Presumably wildies, there are some along the canal near my house 
). SO if anyone fancies going to have a look and is need of a parking space/refreshment, my house is very nearby (like 2mins walk)
). SO if anyone fancies going to have a look and is need of a parking space/refreshment, my house is very nearby (like 2mins walk)
MightyMax
Banned
I got a massive bag of forage yesterday and left it at work
Luckily I wrap it in wet paper towel and it was in a cold room so I can still use it!
Oh no! Should have lasted well?
Hawthorn coming out
Kara
Warren Veteran
Oh no! Should have lasted well?
Hawthorn coming out
It was all fine PHEW!! but they don't want the normal nettles, I remember last year they liked them but I can't remember at what point in the spring / summer that was!
MightyMax
Banned
I'm using all my nettles to make a plant food soup
I'm liking the longer evenings - more time for late night foraging :lol:
tlcwrites
Mama Doe
I got out again today.
Garlic mustard - actually tried it myself and my gosh that stuff has a potent aftertaste. :shock: Also got some hawthorn shoots, loads of cow parsley, loads of goosegrass, some dead nettle, some young bindweed, some lamium, a little young dock. The countryside is really coming alive.
Garlic mustard - actually tried it myself and my gosh that stuff has a potent aftertaste. :shock: Also got some hawthorn shoots, loads of cow parsley, loads of goosegrass, some dead nettle, some young bindweed, some lamium, a little young dock. The countryside is really coming alive.
in situ I thought this was baby hogweed but now I'm not so sure??
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It certainly looks like baby Hogweed to me
I'm using all my nettles to make a plant food soup
I'm liking the longer evenings - more time for late night foraging :lol:
I have just been reading up on this. I was wondering whether to make some for the tomatoes, as the Beechgrove Gardening programme had trialled Comfrey fertiliser last year with good results. However, one of the websites said that the nettle soup was not suitable for tomatoes or roses as they dislike the high iron content. Did you know this?
I got out again today.
Garlic mustard - actually tried it myself and my gosh that stuff has a potent aftertaste. :shock: Also got some hawthorn shoots, loads of cow parsley, loads of goosegrass, some dead nettle, some young bindweed, some lamium, a little young dock. The countryside is really coming alive.
I thought Garlic Mustard was horrid, but I dislike mustard so that's maybe why :lol: Yes, the countryside is certainly coming alive. Everything is growing so fast!
We had a baby wildie in the front garden under the hedge this morning, eating Cow Parsley
joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
I thought Garlic Mustard was horrid, but I dislike mustard so that's maybe why :lol: Yes, the countryside is certainly coming alive. Everything is growing so fast!
We had a baby wildie in the front garden under the hedge this morning, eating Cow Parsley
awwThanks so much for the hogweed ID - I'm not a confident forager now I'm on new turf & with only tiny plants around. Its exciting though. Our blackthorn is only just coming in to flower
MightyMax
Banned
No I didn't - that's interesting
I hadn't yet decided what to feed it to. Perhaps I'll do a bit more research and see what it would best with.
I also have some magnesium flakes (not sure why or when I got those) and can't decide which plant would like them either.
I guess I should post over on the Gardening thread- taking it off topic here
Kara
Warren Veteran
I'm off to collect seaweed!!
(not right now)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/09/potted-plants-food-and-water-alys-fowler
I'll add to the gardening thread :thumb:
(not right now)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/09/potted-plants-food-and-water-alys-fowler
I'll add to the gardening thread :thumb:
MightyMax
Banned
Kara
Warren Veteran
I'm not too sure really, going to have a good read up this afternoon :thumb:
willow and squiggles
Mama Doe
Ive been foraging like mad. I was like a kid in a sweet shop, my husbands description lol... he had to tell me to slow down. Ive found my very first blackthorn tree today. i will try to get a pic tomorrow to be sure but the flowers look the same and i remember someone on the threat (might be omi) i could spot blackthorn because the flowers appear before the leaves. Ive picked today, ground elder, dandelions, hawthorn, red dead nettle, geraniums,sticky willy, cow parsley, hogweed, brambles and a think with tiny white flowers which i cant remember the name, but i know is safe. oh and 2 types of baby willowherb too. very exciting times lol..
