tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post6061640232661478727..comments2024-02-23T03:26:11.779+00:00Comments on Growing Things and Making Things: Foraged Food Friday: Hairy BittercressRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-10709203827659293122013-02-04T13:06:17.032+00:002013-02-04T13:06:17.032+00:00I hope he doesn't happen to drive past - the h...I hope he doesn't happen to drive past - the house is down a private driveway! The the only place beyond our house is our next door neighbour's house, and it would be too much of a coincidence if he happened to be calling on them!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-24453010509078742872013-02-04T09:56:31.014+00:002013-02-04T09:56:31.014+00:00Ah, well I accidentally foraged the birch sap afte...Ah, well I accidentally foraged the birch sap after pruning a branch on the silver birch in our garden...<br /><br />If he does go, he'll be near Machynlleth. I don't think he'll be able to visit(!) but I did tell him to knock on the door and say 'hello' if he happened to drive past a house in Devil's Bridge by a railway line with a 2CV on the drive! Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388175819512214533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-42484181685273113962013-02-03T11:33:39.555+00:002013-02-03T11:33:39.555+00:00I hope to try pignuts this year. I haven't yet...I hope to try pignuts this year. I haven't yet managed to identify a plant, so I don't know whether there are any around or not.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-83289007816513901462013-02-03T11:31:05.734+00:002013-02-03T11:31:05.734+00:00Where's he going? Send him my way and I'll...Where's he going? Send him my way and I'll show him plenty of Navelwort! I might even offer him a cup of tea, too ;-)<br /><br />I'd forgotten about birch sap. After my earlier, <a href="http://growingthingsandmakingthings.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/tapping-birch-trees-for-sap.html" rel="nofollow">pitiful attempts</a> to tap it, I'd crossed it off the 'worth foraging' list, but maybe I'll give it another go.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-3880700463569458902013-02-03T08:37:31.710+00:002013-02-03T08:37:31.710+00:00Yes it's that time of year isn't it? Weed ...Yes it's that time of year isn't it? Weed eating time. :-) Actually I have tons of it so I will try to pick it your way, which makes a lot more sense than trying to pick off individual leaves! It's one of the few 'weeds' which actually tastes really nice. <br /><br />And I must try pignuts this year when they emerge, which should be easier to dig up this year, as last it was so dry in the first months of the year.Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-24952887923363536832013-02-02T09:49:36.421+00:002013-02-02T09:49:36.421+00:00I need to get out and have a look at what's ac...I need to get out and have a look at what's actually around, I think!<br />I know where there are a couple of stands of ground elder, so that's hopeful. Husband may be going to mid Wales in a couple of weeks, so I could send him with pictures and instructions to look for navelwort!<br />I've also remembered that at the bottom of the freezer are bottles of birch sap from last year waiting to be turned into wine, so that's a project for next week.Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388175819512214533noreply@blogger.com