CiaraNi, Danish 
"By the Law of Jutland of 1241, you may fill your hat with whatever you can harvest."
Aarhus council is invoking an old law, inviting us to fill our pockets as we wander mid-city. I love the annual ‘Taste Aarhus’ harvest campaign with signs poking out of bushes and trees to alert us to wild fruit, nuts and berries. Urban gardening, the old-fashioned way.
"Everyone looks better with a pocket full of apples.”
"Turn us into juice!”
"Make me into jam!"
#Aarhus #ClimateDiary #UrbanGardening
Close-up, a thicket of trees and bushes by the river path. Sticking up, a pretty wooden sign in the shape of a jam jar with the words ‘Sylt mig!’ – ‘Make me into jam!’ Please don’t ask me what berries are on this bush. If I knew by sight, I wouldn’t need the signs, but because I trust my council, I can tell you this much: they’re berries that are great for making jam.
Upright photo of an expanse of wild tall green grasses, so tightly grown you can’t see the river between them. Beyond, two tall modern apartment blocks, glinting in the sun. Poking up from among the grasses, a little but eye-catching wooden sign on a pole. It’s a bright striking green and says Din nye spinat -"Your new spinach". In other words, the council is telling us the 'grasses' are edible. Please don’t ask me what the vegetation is, if I knew I wouldn’t need the signs, but it’s something that grows wild and plentifully mid-city and tastes like spinach.
Close-up of the yellow sign in the shape of an old seal, signed by the council, with a full explanation of the 1241 law and with more information about the way wild edibles are signposted. It includes the encouraging line (my translation) that Everyone looks better with a pocket full of apples. Full information on the site https://smagpaaaarhus.dk/
