On a very personal note, I have always been an enthusiastic
forager. I make blackberry jam and elderflower cordial form berries and flowers
collected from the wild.
Thanks to Alys Fowlers’s Thrifty Forager book I have now
taken foraging to new heights. I have masses of beautiful cuckoo flowers (or
lady’s smock) in my front garden where I have left these ‘weeds’ in peace to lourish. Not only are they beautiful wildflowers and good for bees but now I
know that they are edible to humans. The leaves have a tangy mustardy flavour.
I am a forager – Alys is in the advanced foraging league! In
times of austerity any free food is a good thing!
I have a long prized copy of 'Food is Free' and foraging for food, herbs and even dye plants is a great way to save money and get to know your local woods and hedgerows. As a Christmas gift I got the River Cottage Hedgerow Handbook which offers more foraging tips.
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