Edible Invasive Species

An exploration of the issues around american signal crayfish – a problematic “invasive” species that also happens to be delicious.

(Blogged in 2011)
I had all but given up on finding sea buckthorn in Galloway. Though it is fairly common around the UK, I had never seen a hint of it along our coast or around Arran where I grew up. Wild foods never fail to reward perseverance though and I finally stumbled on a small patch of it this weekend.