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Post by Stumour on Nov 27, 2013 20:52:18 GMT
she n me did a wee bit o foraging this year.... Deb has some crackin elderberry syrup n (although the first attempts turned out a tad runny) now got some good batches of chutneys n jams using crab apples. Grabbed a few kilos o apples in one day off an ancient tree.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 21:46:40 GMT
I usually pick enough saskatoons for a couple pies every year on my place. I've eyeballed the little wild hazelnuts too as there's quite a few of them here too, but they're pretty important food for the squirrels in these parts, so I just let the little fur-balls have them.
And while it's not exactly foraging truly wild stuff, I've plucked a few of them black oilseed sunflowers that musta just been taken from the feeder and dropped in the vicinity, whereupon they grew surprisingly well. In fact, I think I might plant a whack of them this Spring instead of constantly buying sacks for the feeders.
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Post by Stumour on Nov 27, 2013 22:06:42 GMT
through the year, gathered meadowsweet, haws, nettles n all sorts... bloody brilliant... even her autistic lad got right in after I made him a staff out of mountain ash
Still got mountain ash with berries on drying out up in the loft
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Post by Stumour on Nov 27, 2013 22:09:02 GMT
Grey, saskatoons are sort of making their way over here...,. typically it's the more money than sense that caused it.... the new super fruit n to hell wi the air miles. They can grow here, but yield is piss poor
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 23:18:30 GMT
Grey, saskatoons are sort of making their way over here...,. typically it's the more money than sense that caused it.... the new super fruit n to hell wi the air miles. They can grow here, but yield is piss poor I get quite a few (usually pick a gallon or so in about an hour) but if it's been a hot dry Summer, they're too mealy for my liking. I do quite like the flavor though and I s'pose I could do jam or something, but I'm really seldom of a sweet tooth. (I bet there's jam in my fridge with "Best Before" dates in the 90s ) And I forgot until ya mentioned it but yeah, I have plenty of nettles too and eat a few on occasion.
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Post by tizzahell on Nov 28, 2013 7:56:55 GMT
Lots of different berries growin wild around here, blueberries, red and purple huckleberries, thimble berries and, salmon berries. I used to go out regular when I was young for the blueberries/huckleberries now, I'll just raid the neighbours blueberries that are creeping the border of our yards.
I am sure there is a bounty of other stuff to be had as well but, I just haven't gotten into it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 13:54:40 GMT
think i've been foraging for nuts for years! here blackberries grow out of control...used to pick them, but in recent years the birds quite often got them before they were ripe enough to pick. in england i would forage for that certain kind of mushroom in the autumn...grew wild on dartmoor, so easy to add to one's diet as an occasional treat.
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Post by tizzahell on Nov 30, 2013 1:51:24 GMT
lol, they grow wild here too. Right down town at Centennial Park is the prime location. I am not sure if the District has ever done anything to try and, destroy them but, they have threatened to for years.
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Post by Stumour on Dec 5, 2013 19:24:44 GMT
Pleased to report the crab apple n raspbery jam is braw... the apple n chilli chutney is still maturing n made chilli jam today....
I effin LOATHE yank spell checkers sayin chilli should be chili. Arseholes (not assholes... ) need a fuckin ENGLISH dictionary.... so says a SCOT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 19:54:45 GMT
(I'll second ya on that little rant stu. I generally despise spell checkers for the most part too. The one that's automatically there with firefox has grown tolerable for me though as I've just learned to ignore the little red squiggly line under stuff for the most part. It does catch me on an occasional actual typo though I guess) I'm wondering Tizz if every approach or place vehicles can pull off the road is still stuffed with vehicles for most of October out your way...? I can remember witnessing notable hostilities during mushroom season back in the 80s.
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Post by Stumour on Dec 6, 2013 1:23:14 GMT
Updates to include: rose hip syrup... fingers are itching from the wee hairs on the seeds willow weaving.... Deb is jealous of my willow manipulatary skills... jams... n more jams
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Post by Stumour on Dec 6, 2013 1:26:25 GMT
(I'll second ya on that little rant stu. I generally despise spell checkers for the most part too. The one that's automatically there with firefox has grown tolerable for me though as I've just learned to ignore the little red squiggly line under stuff for the most part. It does catch me on an occasional actual typo though I guess) I'm wondering Tizz if every approach or place vehicles can pull off the road is still stuffed with vehicles for most of October out your way...? I can remember witnessing notable hostilities during mushroom season back in the 80s. usually September over here that lots of people do Richard III impersonations n walk humphy backit
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2013 5:46:10 GMT
in Devon the rule was you could pick'em just fine...but if you dried them, then you were breaking the law. (course that's silly because any plant you pick will dry naturally without any help from you, especially fungi)adding this gorgeous example of willow manipulation!
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Post by Stumour on Dec 6, 2013 17:56:14 GMT
Picking is fine.... ANY processing is illegal... inc making tea or even adding to a curry....
willow weaving looks good... I did me proud!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2013 18:47:13 GMT
The last time I was out in that neck of the woods (Cloverdale - Not too far East from cobbers, or a decent jog South of tizz) during October was in the 90s. At that time they were in the midst of a considerable crackdown on the mushroom pickers and just having them in your possession was grounds for you being arrested. Wild ones growing on your property was the extent of what they were saying was acceptable. It all struck me as a futile exercise to be honest as there were license plates from all over North America on the side of the road that time of year, and it was further complicated by some very valuable legal varieties (pine mushrooms I remember right off, but there were a few others too) being in season right around the same time. What an awesome use of tax dollars fighting stupid unimportant battles that can't be won is.
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