General Discussion
@Chef Hi. Just picked up posts. If smoked mackerel fillets still on offre I could offer some potatoes, courgettes and fresh herbs if you're interested. Foraging - found a hedgerow with lots of marjoram growing in it on Tuesday. I don't think it's a native plant so assume that someone has scattered some seed there. What a good idea. Perhaps everyone ought to buy/harvest some herb seeds and ...
@chef Wouldn't risk them from the beach - the water course outlet coupled with all the ducks may be too much of an e-coli risk. @Andysport . salty = area of teign estuary exposed at low tide, sort of shaldon bridge area. have also seen cockle/clam pickers there
Foraging: mussels from the Salty; plenty of hazel nuts around but squirrels are wreaking havoc getting in first!
@Lynne - blackberries is the obvious one, if the birds don't get them first, also elderberries (try elderberry jelly), elderflower earlier in the year (fritters, wine, cordial), wild crab apples (lots last year but haven't seen so many this year as with all the apple crops), samphire on the teign estuary, young shoots of mace if you don't mind walking through marshy land. and i'm sure there's ...
Jake Thackray's advice was to look in the ladies' weekly magazine ........ ! "She always signs her letters "Worried Brown Eyes" She says she's got a little mole in a place where nobody's ever seen And she asks is it unsightly pretty "Brown Eyes" Seeking advice on mole-control in the ladies' weekly magazine"
Looked at this some time ago - http://www.landshare.net . It seems a great idea if you can match surplus land with people who are keen to produce, especially if there is a long waiting list for allotments. As a land owner you need to be careful about legal implications of public access, insurance, liability etc. As a grower you need to make sure that you do have sufficient access over ...
Excellent idea! Sadly this year we don't have much surplus thanks to weather conditions and rabbits. Still some potatoes in the ground - what's the going mackerel/potato exchange rate?! Also picked 10 lbs of sloes the other day (now all used) but will be foraging for more - any use?
Amazingly simple!! Must try it out.
@ Phillip. A bit late I know but here's the climax of the duck race. Steward and duck-catcher looking on dutifully as ducks jostle for position at the line! !
Don't forget that it's a blue moon tomorrow night. And for Lon Chaney Jr fans of a werewolf inclination don't forget also that ....... "Even a man who's pure at heart, And says his prayers by night, Becomes a wolf when the wolfbane blooms, And the moon is shining bright" (Wolfbane is out on Haldon Moor now!!)
