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 Topic: Help needed. |
thingamajig
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 Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Oct 28, 14 12:45 pm Subject: Help needed. |
| Hi all,I have recently moved to Evesham,Worcs but I am having trouble finding some good hunting grounds there doesn't seem to be a lot round here,went out to Bourton woods in the Cotswolds this mornin ... |
| Topic: Falling fruit |
thingamajig
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sat Sep 14, 13 6:19 pm Subject: Falling fruit |
Hi all,
Have just seen this really useful site that maps fruit trees around the world! http://fallingfruit.org/
There seems to be a lot near me I didn't know about.
I will check them out tomorrow ... |
| Topic: Boletes of unkown origin. |
thingamajig
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Sep 03, 13 2:03 pm Subject: Boletes of unkown origin. |
| They look like Leccinum scabrum, The Brown Birch Bolete but old,maybe that's why they have turned grey when cut |
| Topic: Giant puffball |
thingamajig
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Fri Aug 30, 13 11:47 pm Subject: Giant puffball |
Nice find!
Its a shame they're not around for Halloween,they make great human skulls.  |
| Topic: Giant puffball |
thingamajig
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Thu Aug 29, 13 6:13 pm Subject: Giant puffball |
I'd get it now before some other beggar does.
Damn damn and blast. Went back just 24 hours later and somebody has beaten me to it. Bloody French foragers. Merde merde merdy merde.
You snooze,you ... |
| Topic: Wild watercress |
thingamajig
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Aug 28, 13 7:50 pm Subject: Wild watercress |
They still seem to be harvesting it in the watercress beds, but they don't let theirs flower. If you cook it the liver fluke should be killed, but don't leave any of it raw for garnish.
Thanks for ... |
| Topic: Wild watercress |
thingamajig
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Aug 28, 13 6:09 pm Subject: Wild watercress |
I picked some watercress today for the first time, from a stream but I am a bit concerned about river fluke.
I've read a couple of articles and they say as long as its cooked its ok to eat and it is ... |
| Topic: Bumper crop due? |
thingamajig
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Aug 28, 13 4:37 pm Subject: Bumper crop due? |
Checked out my patches today,not a lot about at all,a few panther cap/Blushers,not sure how to tell the difference so not worth the risk.
I think its still a bit too warm still,will try again next we ... |
| Topic: Damson wine |
thingamajig
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Aug 15, 13 4:04 pm Subject: Damson wine |
| Wine is generally more successful made in larger quantities. If you have 2 5gallon fermentor things (with airlocks and taps) you can do the initial fermentation in 1 then syphon off into 2nd. Leave un ... |
| Topic: Damson wine |
thingamajig
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Aug 13, 13 11:40 pm Subject: Damson wine |
Fortunately I have ladders,so have an advantage over anyone else in the park but not the birds and the bees.
I will start off with 3 DJs to start with and see how I get on before commiting to the ind ... |
| Topic: Damson wine |
thingamajig
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Aug 13, 13 5:16 pm Subject: Damson wine |
Cheers for that 12bore,there's one down the road.  |
| Topic: Damson wine |
thingamajig
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Aug 13, 13 2:19 pm Subject: Damson wine |
Hi,there are about six damson trees in the park opposite where I live so I thought I will have a go at making some wine.
So I wondered if anyone could recommend a good recipe and a book on the subjec ... |
| Topic: Soft fruit foraging |
thingamajig
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sun Aug 11, 13 11:33 am Subject: Soft fruit foraging |
| Wild raspberries are a lot smaller than cultivated ones, and you won't get as many on a stem either. It depends on how many stems there are in one place. We have good patches in a few places in the wo ... |
| Topic: ID please |
thingamajig
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sat Aug 10, 13 11:51 am Subject: ID please |
It does look like a Parasol from the top but they have white gills.
So definitely a Prince.
Aren't they supposed to smell of almonds,I think its the Horse mushroom that smells of aniseed. |
| Topic: Soft fruit foraging |
thingamajig
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Fri Aug 09, 13 7:40 pm Subject: Soft fruit foraging |
| I found some wild raspberrys while in the woods today looking for mushrooms,I didn't pick them as I didn't have a container.There weren't that many and they were very small,is the season nearly over f ... |
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