This page will feature seasonal plants and recipes.
Basic Foraging Rules
- Never pick a plant to eat unless you are certain you have identified it ad know it is safe.
- Take care where you are foraging: avoid places that may be polluted from heavy traffic, industry, chemical fertilisers or pesticides, and dog pee.
- Always respect the plants: don’t pick something if it is endangered, or the only one of it’s kind in the area. As a general rule pick 10% of what’s there.
For the legalities of picking plants from the wild, see this page from Fergus Drennan’s website.
A great website for information on plants and their properties is ‘Plants for a Future’: www.pfaf.org
Books
Mabey, Richard, Food for Free, Collins 2001 (Pocket version available)
Micheal, Pamela, Edible Wild Plants & Herbs, Grub Street 2007
Hamilton, Dave & Andy, The Self-Sufficientish Bible, Hodder & Stoughton 2008
