Spring Foraging Walk in the Rain | UK Woodland Foraging

Join me on a relaxing foraging walk in the British countryside as I show you some of the delicious plants that are ready to gather in April.

#foraging #wildfood #spring

Some useful plant identification books:

Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland - Robin Harford

Food For Free - Richard Mabey

The Forager's Calendar - John Wright

Some amazing foraging channels:

Wild Food UK

Coastal Foraging With Craig Evans

Vincent Petit (Amazing videos)

Totally Wild UK - Excellent regular content

[butlersbridge]

Thanks for the mention, me again from Ireland. Totally agree with the initial acquired tastes when I started out foraging. Can leave you a little unsure at the start. Then there is a kind of winter break, and you start again. Those first tastes of spring are like an awakening, a bit like ohhh I missed that taste from last year and then it begins. Over the years, those tastes you associate with nice walks, adventures in the country, fishing, camping, learning something new, escapism (cause well you're zoned out or completely focused when foraging), just good all round positive stuff. Can't recommend it enough. Guinness is an acquired taste, didn't take as much work though to start enjoying it ha. Thanks for the info on hart's tongue fern and your knowledge on celandine which is common around me also. Am looking forward to what you come up with next. I like fishing on local rivers here in Cavan, Ireland, and cattails are of interest if they ever come up on your radar. I would be interested in your take. I think I have come across horseradish plants along the river, if that's possible also, just not 100%.

[feltaria]

Yes please to more foraging walks like this one. I really enjoyed it.

[alicewhite]

This was a beautiful and educational video, thank you for sharing your time and knowledge with us - can't wait to see more 💚🌱

[gazkatwheeler]

Loved it! Adds something different to your already excellent production portfolio. We both would like to see trials of live foraging walks also, very inspiring! Oh, our land cress seeds arrived too so they'll be in the soil tomorrow 👍

[sarahschwarz]

We are watching you from London and feeling inspired to get out and forage now. Thank you for the inspiration.

[autumnkraft]

I enjoyed this style of video! Makes a change from the usual! 🙌

[littlebluehouseinthewoods]

What a great video, great style and lots of great information! The goats are enjoying all the new blackberry shoots, I'll have to ask them if I can share them😂. I know what the answer will be though😅. The nettle salad was great btw. I had the forest school kids help me make it and they thought I was nuts! It was the first thing they told their parents about at pick-up time: "Patricia is crazy, she ate nettles!"😂😂

[ailienrhijnsburger]

Ooooh, I can't wait to see your video of your tagine and those hogweed buns! I know I'll have to, as those seeds will take a while to get ready for us. Great video and chat!

[Foxiepawstotti]

All of these bitter polyphenols are like jet fuel for your gut microbiome. Phil Spector at Kings College suggests 30 different plants a week to keep our gut and immunity in great condition and I aquired a taste for unripe gooseberries as a kid so lots of the plants I tend to eat whilst on walks have that same tartness. Now I've found this channel I'm up for anything you focus on.

[pumpkincrumblepie]

I am planing to try hogweed for the first time this year

[garyphisher]

Can you forage for meat?
Snails, Frogs, Rabbits, and Squirrels, immediately come to mind. Have you ever used trapping skills? Are there laws about trapping animals?

Later this year could you devote an episode to nuts please.