The results of Sunday's foraging and productivity: wild garlic hummus; wild garlic pesto; and linguine aglio e olio, where the aglio is provided by wild garlic leaves.
The chemical industry tries to convince gardeners that dead-nettles amust be destroyed with chemicals.
But there's no need to poison them or to pull them out. They're not harmful weeds. Actually, they're edible and contain valuable mineral nutrients so you can simply treat them as volunteeer vegetables. 🙂 I like to add them to creamed soup.
Collected a bunch of sweet #chestnuts yesterday afternoon from a fave secret harvesting spot. They're all nicely cleaned now. Roasting them this weekend.
The more commonly found horse chestnuts on the island here are toxic to humans & better used for natural arts & crafts. Only the sweet chestnuts are edible for humans.
Caught several #shrimp the other night. At nearby dock; only 10 minutes drive away. It only took an hour to fill half of my bucket.
I save lots of money with having a saltwater fishing license. I buy the annual one - since I go as often as possible to catch my own seafood. It's fun to be out by the ocean too - even on days/nights where I don't do as well with my catches.
Does anyone know what this wasabi-flavoured plant is called? It grows in coastal areas. This one’s from Portstewart in Northern Ireland. #foraging#WildFood#MastoDaoine
Blackberries are coming. The first buds are just forming. I know they're invasive, and since I started managing this piece of land, I've cut them back a little farther each year. But a weed that feeds me, that in fact refuses to stop feeding me free food, wanting no water or fertilizer or anything, is a pretty great weed to have.