Foraging the Wild Larder
Now we have Missy we are walking more and more - me usually just at the weekends with her as during the week its a bit of a scramble with me getting tea ready when I come home etc. However, when I am walking and thinking I always have half an eye as to what is in the hedgerow what is showing itself, what stage of growth it is at, where a particular specimen is etc and make a mental map in my minds eye to go back on and to check on. Food is nearly always uppermost in my mind and I plot and plan and assemble things together so that I can take advantage of whatever it is I have seen at the most appropriate time. But even I get things wrong. A couple of months ago we spotted what we thought were bullace as they were hard and green. OH went out with Missy this morning and what we thought was a bullace is in fact a wild plum. OH .came back with little plums this morning after a walk. And they taste .wonderful and the fruits are a yellow to...