New Posts For Thread: Does anyone forage?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forageMushrooms, herbs, fruit etc.I ask because I have 2 pear trees and 1 apple tree, I put the fruit in a box outside my gate with a sign saying free to anyone. Last year a bloke knocked on my door and said he picks wild mushrooms and would give me some iThe speed that dandelions grow, I doubt the leaves or the flowers absorb much vehicle pollution.But there wouldn't be more than three or four vehicles an hour using the lane where I pick them. And because it's a sunken lane, the dandelions are at thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forage?post_id=557142869#557142869The speed that dandelions grow, I doubt the leaves or the flowers absorb much vehicle pollution.But there wouldn't be more than three or four vehicles an hour using the lane where I pick them. And because it's a sunken lane, the dandelions are at theWed, 08 May 2019 17:34:17 -0500Pokermonster... I'm lucky enough to have a laverbread factory 5 mins from where I live. Acquired taste, yes, but having eaten it regularly all my life , I can say it's food from the gods!.. the factory is also one of the main cockle and mussel produchttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forage?post_id=557142469#557142469Pokermonster... I'm lucky enough to have a laverbread factory 5 mins from where I live. Acquired taste, yes, but having eaten it regularly all my life , I can say it's food from the gods!.. the factory is also one of the main cockle and mussel producWed, 08 May 2019 16:47:09 -0500breadnbutter - re pear crop. The frosts even here in Sussex have been a bu66er but my pear blossom has only been affected only below a height of 5ft, exactly the same as my big Wisteria (three sides of the house 15ft high 60ft long - we call it masshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forage?post_id=557142421#557142421breadnbutter - re pear crop. The frosts even here in Sussex have been a bu66er but my pear blossom has only been affected only below a height of 5ft, exactly the same as my big Wisteria (three sides of the house 15ft high 60ft long - we call it massWed, 08 May 2019 16:42:15 -0500I had a guinea pig what used to go mad for the dandelion leaves. The rabbits were take them or leave them. I had a try myself and decided I was squarely in the rabbit camp.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forage?post_id=557142369#557142369I had a guinea pig what used to go mad for the dandelion leaves. The rabbits were take them or leave them. I had a try myself and decided I was squarely in the rabbit camp.Wed, 08 May 2019 16:38:57 -0500Agree re dandelion leaves. The leaves are lovely especially when young - a cross between watercress and lettuce. The best thing about them though is the dandiclocks.Did a session just this afternoon with my two year old grandaughter - brilliant!!!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forage?post_id=557142319#557142319Agree re dandelion leaves. The leaves are lovely especially when young - a cross between watercress and lettuce. The best thing about them though is the dandiclocks.Did a session just this afternoon with my two year old grandaughter - brilliant!!!Wed, 08 May 2019 16:35:47 -0500As for foraging next to roads ,don’t do it ,pollution from cars accumulates in all roadside vegetation ,maybe ok on quieter roads but busy roads is a big no no .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forage?post_id=557142299#557142299As for foraging next to roads ,don’t do it ,pollution from cars accumulates in all roadside vegetation ,maybe ok on quieter roads but busy roads is a big no no .Wed, 08 May 2019 16:33:38 -0500Don’t worry about having any excess pears this year ,be lucky if you have any .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forage?post_id=557142245#557142245Don’t worry about having any excess pears this year ,be lucky if you have any .Wed, 08 May 2019 16:30:20 -0500Thanks for the offer Blackbarn, live on Wirral/Cheshire border so not really an option. The pear trees produce 100's every year but the apple tree never gets many. The only thing I have ever picked is Samphire.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forage?post_id=557142201#557142201Thanks for the offer Blackbarn, live on Wirral/Cheshire border so not really an option. The pear trees produce 100's every year but the apple tree never gets many. The only thing I have ever picked is Samphire.Wed, 08 May 2019 16:27:13 -0500Sunken lanes here in Somerset, so plenty of dandelion leaves and flowers to pick at the tops of the banks. They don't really taste bitter at all at this time of year, and if you stick them in a sandwich with mayonnaise, they actually taste very nice.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forage?post_id=557141953#557141953Sunken lanes here in Somerset, so plenty of dandelion leaves and flowers to pick at the tops of the banks. They don't really taste bitter at all at this time of year, and if you stick them in a sandwich with mayonnaise, they actually taste very nice.Wed, 08 May 2019 16:08:17 -0500Interesting thread..very much like the ideas and offers too.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31526803/does-anyone-forage?post_id=557141695#557141695Interesting thread..very much like the ideas and offers too.Wed, 08 May 2019 15:43:31 -0500