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Plums and Damsons
Find out more about plums and damsons
fruits
09:58, 17th Aug 2010
Review of The Treehouse Diaries
A review of the book The TreeHouse Diaries by Nick Weston
books
11:17, 26th Jul 2010
Storing Herbs by Freezing
Find out how to freeze herbs to retain their flavour for months
preserving
16:10, 4th Jun 2010
Make Your Own Leafmould
Find out how to make your own leafmould to improve your soil
grow your own
15:28, 4th Jun 2010
Greenhouse Thermometer
Use a suitable max min thermometer to track temperatures in a greenhouse
greenhouse
11:22, 3rd Jun 2010
Greenhouse from Plastic Bottles
Build a greenhouse from old plastic bottles
greenhouse
10:19, 3rd Jun 2010
Make Tomato Passata
Preserve tomatoes by making delicious tomato passata
preserving
12:00, 25th May 2010
Growing Outdoor Tomato Varieties
Tomato plants which will survive outdoors in the UK
fruits
11:56, 25th May 2010
What is Foraging
Find out more about foraging for wild food
What Is Foraging
foraging | books
Foraging for wild food is becoming more and more popular as people become more interested in eating organic and local fresh food. The UK is a vast larder of shellfish, seaweed, fruit, vegetables, herbs, and mushrooms which are not only edible, but also delicious, nutritious, and healthy.
Foraging
If you intend to go foraging all you need is a strong container or basket to carry the food you collect, and ideally an illustrated guide book to help you identify the plants and trees you come across. Great care must be taken to correctly identify mushrooms as some are very poisonous.
As pocket-sized wild food identifying guides go, you could do a lot worse than the Collins gem book Food for Free. With a recommended retail price of £4.99, but usually available for just £2.99, this 239 page 11 x 8 cm sized book has guides (and images) of over 100 edible plants found in the UK.
Foraging Web Links
Fergus the Forager - Wild Man Wild Food website.Miles Irving - Wild food supplier.
Article Published: 08:06, 12th Jul 2008
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