Foraging Wednesday 9 November 22
On Wednesday 9 November over 25 people came to our foraging walk. The walk started at the Nursery car park at 183 Grant Road and ambled through the orchard and deciduous forest areas where there was an abundance of self-seeded plants to forage if you know what you are looking for. Early spring is a good time for the prolific miners lettuce, comfrey is flowering, chamomile, fenel, chickweed, marigolds, foxgloves to mention a few. We went past the birch tree I had “tapped” for sap (too late as I have just found out), saw the differences between sweet chestnut and horse chestnut and the difference between foxglove and comfrey leaves (one of each is poisonous so it pays to know your plants). Past the veggie gardens and in all the wild places were marigolds, wood sorrel, plantains, and dandelions and similar daisy plants. Also, the planted lemon verbena, lemon balm and mints that make great herb tea’s. We finished the night in the Education Centre pouring over foraging books and learning a bit more about plant identification with the display in the centre as well as making a range of herb teas to drink. Next time maybe some of those who attended this workshop could bring along something they have made from foraged plants and share their knowledge, which is all part of these community workshops.
A list of foraged plants for our property here
Chris
Posted: 17 November 2022