cab
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Post by cab on Aug 26, 2014 13:09:50 GMT
The wet weather has given us good hauls of chickweed and fat hen. Water mint still good, as is wild marjoram.
Some late re-growth of nettle where its been cut is looking very tasty, and the verges of the rape seed fields throwing up tasty seedlings where the messy harvesters spilled some seed.
Quite poor selection of wild salad leaves here right now - summer seemed to come early after a winter that never was, everything came, seeded, and went!
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emmac
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Post by emmac on Aug 26, 2014 19:14:00 GMT
This is great. I'm getting bored of all the fungi chat on twitter!  |
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Post by Brewforagegrow on Aug 26, 2014 22:03:15 GMT
I didn't realise rape was edible. I knew they made oil but is it a green in its own right?
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cab
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Post by cab on Aug 27, 2014 10:18:38 GMT
Its just Brassica rapa, a cultivar of the same plant as turnip. So yeah, just a green like spring cabbage for salad or lightly steamed.
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Post by Brewforagegrow on Aug 27, 2014 10:55:57 GMT
Awesome, cheers cab
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Post by foragingmouse on Aug 29, 2014 17:18:15 GMT
I've been getting good growths of red orache the last of the family to seed really plus good new growths of bitter cress , comfrey leaves are thickening for autumn so great for fritters you will also see lime trees sending out a fresh leaves which are nice in salads they seem to do that after producing berries .
Common mallow is booming here as well .
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Post by edenwildfood on Aug 29, 2014 20:24:38 GMT
bittercress has gone mental in the local bare ditches, and wet ground. love it in a sandwich
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Post by foragingmouse on Aug 29, 2014 21:24:05 GMT
Yep acorn loaf with bittercress and nettle cheese Sandwich yom yom
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