Wild Foods
There are literally hundreds of other wild foods, often with a medicinal or therapeutic value, available free from the countryside. Source a good book that gives you a guide specific to your locality. These are some of my personal favourites wild foods not already described in this book:
Primrose | Coltsfoot |
Comfrey | Seaweed |
Rock Samphire | Echinacea |
Mallow | Oak leaf (wine) |
Elderflowers and Elderberries | Horseradish root |
Burdock | Chamomile |
Wild Marjoram | Marsh samphire |
Caragheen | Bilberry |
Juniper berries | Hops |
Crab apples | Quinces |
Sloes (gin) | Wild Roses |
Horse Chestnuts | Beech nuts |
Summer Truffle | Wild Parsnip |
A variety of edible nuts | Mushrooms (ID essential) |