Foraging forumagers

Talk nicely to Dancing James - he has a medlar tree in his front garden!

Elderflowers are out in Poland - I filled a rucksack yesterday and made 8L of cordial - smells fantastic.

^they're just blossoming here too - not worth gathering yet, as the shit weather is washing off any heavy build ups of pollen. I only gather them if I can smell them as I cycle past. I'm going to nail elderflower champagne this year!

^they're just blossoming here too - not worth gathering yet, as the shit weather is washing off any heavy build ups of pollen. I only gather them if I can smell them as I cycle past. I'm going to nail elderflower champagne this year!

when they are ready, send some down in a Jiffy bag for me?

thank you :)

Will do, Alex! I do encourage you to have a nosey round your local area though - elderflowers grow voraciously everywhere, and all you need to make elderflower champagne is a good clean bucket, sugar, a smidge of yeast, lemons and plenty of elderflower blossom.

The Tweed Run bag is a perfect forage sack - last years is still stained by elderflowers, plums, blackberries and cherries. Keep it in a pocket, and ride round slowly with your eyes on peoples gardens!

The younger 18s were out collecting last week end.

We made cordial, which may have too much citric acid in it, or too little sugar.

That's part of the fun! You never know until you've tried it! Hope it turns out lush, mate.

The younger 18s were out collecting last week end.

We made cordial, which may have too much citric acid in it, or too little sugar.

sweet!

ah - these middle class dilemmas - right up there with 'where has my cleaner tidied away those John Lewis vouchers?' and 'is this Pinot Grigio too chilled?'

sweet!

ah - these middle class dilemmas - right up there with 'where has my cleaner tidied away those John Lewis vouchers?' and 'is this Pinot Grigio too chilled?'

or where has the ocd girlfriend tidied up my heart rate monitor

(will now hide for the rest of the day)

Qince Jelly late last year.
Grapes from a ox university vine which I 'foraged' for wine ;-)
rose hips for the syrup.
crab apples for the jam [apple & rosemary and apple & mint]

dredgin' this thread, it's middle of summer now, any one know where crayfish can be trapped?

Loads of freshwater rivers have crayfish - you need to as for permission though -
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/fishing/38051.aspx

As for specific areas - I know Dorset has some - ask the local fishermen wherever you are.

I really want to try it in Poland but I can't figure out the legal status of using traps for one and I'm not even sure of the distribution of signal crayfish so until my polish is better i am going to have to wait.

feelin the autumness of today, its bouncing and ready, harvest times coming,
every year now I get a mania worse than any drug addiction- every day an hours picking black MULBERRIES, these taste fizzy and sugary and to die for,they have an interesting history in this country but have never been a commercial prospect because they melt so fast after picking, anyway great fun, you get covered in red dye, so these are the first pick and there will be kilos of these going into jam for the winter, what you been picking?
pic for comparison:-

treasure:- blacks worth more than gold

‪More than gold‬‏ - YouTube

Loads of freshwater rivers have crayfish - you need to as for permission though -
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/fishing/38051.aspx

As for specific areas - I know Dorset has some - ask the local fishermen wherever you are.

I really want to try it in Poland but I can't figure out the legal status of using traps for one and I'm not even sure of the distribution of signal crayfish so until my polish is better i am going to have to wait.

Stick a trap in the water and find out, signal crayfish are easy to distinguish from European, I live near Polish border and as far as I'm aware there are no Signals here, though there are plenty of lakes.

Never use the same trap in different waters, spreads fishy infections and possibly signal crayfish eggs.

feelin the autumness of today, its bouncing and ready, harvest times coming,
every year now I get a mania worse than any drug addiction- every day an hours picking black MULBERRIES,

Hmm, how do you tell the difference between a mull' and a black' berry?

If anyone cares to be welcomed along we have damsens and slows everywhere, as well as the obligatory black berries..unless they are mulberries? on the farm, coulnd have an LFGSS forum forage day.

NB: live in North Coventry, those interested, pm me.

http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/fruit_and_nut_trees/mulberry_tree_black/

a very distinct difference to the blackberry, a tree which was cultivated here partly by accident by Victorians who actually wanted to cultivate the white mulberry, for the silkworm lives on the white mulberry, and not the black, we are blessed with 2 here in Poole.
berry afficiendos will know there wherabouts in your area.

berry afficiendos will know there wherabouts in your area.

Doubt it, no foot paths and we don't take kindly to tresspassers round these parts..

SLoes today!!!!!

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Gin in one year's time!!!!](http://brixtonsbounty.blogspot.com/2011/11/foraging-sloe-gin-time.html)

Room for a few hunting fans in here?

I think so! I've tried going after rabbits with an air rifle but I'm rubbish, and I found walkers get shit scared at the sight of any kind of gun.

Lamps, big fuck off lamps.
Landy and a sun roof and a 22 (for eating, is this right? less mess than with a shotgun?) and bob's yer uncle.

or you can get some ferrets and purse net and trap the blighters.

Went out to Morston marshes at the weekend, picked samphire, razor clams, mussels and crab (bought).

^^ yummy

http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=18202&title=Lead+shot+poisoning+game+meat

make a snare, haven't you seen Watership Down?

Farthing Wood.

Bulldoze the fuckers.