Spring and Summer Weed Salads
A few thoughts on how to combine pungent, bitter, sour, mild and aromatic spring and summer plants into a satisfying and tasty salad
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Watercress – edibility, distribution and identification
Watercress is a delicious peppery salad vegetable, but unfortunately it is prone to infestation by the cyst stage of a parasite (fasciola hepatica) when growing in land containing livestock…
Elder Tree, Elderflower and Elderberry Identification, Edibility and Distribution
Elderflowers are one of natures finest edible treasures and for me, the signature wild food of early summer. In autumn elder berries offer quite different, but equally rich delights for hedgerow preservers.
Elderflower Champagne and other Wild Floral Champagnes Recipe
If there is a tastier, more refreshing, easier to make summer drink than this, please let me know!
Reedmace – Identification, edibility and distribution
Reedmace is a foragers dream as it is one of the few wild plants that provide food all year long and is easily identified by its distinctive chocolate-brown cigar shaped seed heads. They grow in shallow loch sides and slow flowing water.