Friday, 24 July 2009
Wild food wanderings...
This morning I went for a short bikeride (/walk) out towards Dinton Pastures. I took a notebook and made a list of all the wild (and wild-ish) food plants I noticed along the way. These were all either on jitties between houses in Lower Earley or on footpaths by the River Loddon, and are listed in order of discovery. Of course there must be loads more out there - these are just the ones I recognised as I passed them by (or ate them)...
Blackberry
Rowan
Cherry
Dandelion
Clover
Oak
Damson
Sloe
Cherry plum (yellow, red)
Hawthorn
Burdock
Dog Rose
Hazel
Nettle (various)
Elder
Guelder Rose
Apple
Lime
Walnut
Mallow
Fat Hen / Orache
Shepherd's Purse
Yarrow
Valerian
Meadowsweet
Ground Ivy
Hogweed
Jack-by-the-Hedge
Birch
Hops
Comfrey
Ground Elder
Rosebay Willowherb
Angelica (?)
Chickweed
Wild Carrot
Water Mint
Tansy
Silverweed
Coltsfoot
Cleavers
Vetch / Wild Pea
Self-heal
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Wow, that's a long list!
ReplyDeletePaul and I went back to find some plums (near the sloes), but they'd all gone. :(
There are cherry plums and Damsons (or some kind of purple ones that aren't yet ripe) down there. I saw them yesterday! Was going to go back for the cherry plums but I found loads by the river so I didn't need to. They are still there! :)
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