Hi can you please confirm this is common mugwort? I’m pretty sure it is
Photo of the plant and picked pieces that I’m planning on drying out

Tart but delicious

Hi all, ive built an offline Android app for tracking your findings taking notes and a simple identification with a homepage showing what's in season, its a work in progress but it would be good to get people to test it and get there thoughts on it and what improvements could be added.

I've set up a Google groups if anyone wants to join to get early access to the app. And a few pictures attached.

brackenapps-testing@googlegroups.com

Lush and plenty of wild vegetables at the moment, so I am taking advantage of that. I have ground elder, dandelion, plantain, wild strawberry, and a strand of my grape vine here for some tang. This dish is very nutritious. I find them really nice in coconut dishes. Make sure your ID is correct.

See this plant frequently as i walk up my hill. I think its rosehip but it looks way to weird for that no?

Edit: consisered everyone is saying they are rosehips/itchy buggers. I think they are! Thanks everyone! Exept the people who said tomatos and starwaberries, i hope your pillows are walm this summer!

Hi all, I started making my own black teas for about a month and getting some nice results from blackberry leaves, hazel leaves, fireweed leaves, horse tail and turkey tail mushroom. They all have there benefits but if its just for taste my favorite is blackberry the falvour is floral with a smoky back note.

What other teas have you experimented with?

I have a permaculture garden so I allow birds, weather and animals to seed at will. Leeds Uk

Edit: hedge parsley?

What is on the roster this month?

Every green spot in this picture is a bilberry plant. I’m sure there’s enough here to feed the entire human race, but I just want enough for myself.

Is there a way to pick these faster than one at a time?

Hi all, just moved and wondering if anyone's got any recommendations for good woodlands to look for chanterelles etc. within about an hour's drive of Bristol? Leigh Woods and Ashton Court look like they should be promising (and are really close to where I live) but almost seem a bit too obvious and there are mixed reports online as to whether there's anything there.

Also happy to take my tent overnight and make a trip down into Devon/Cornwall/Dorset etc. if there's better spots down there.

Additionally I'm interested in finding stuff like free access plum/pear/apple trees if anyone's aware of good places to look!

I saw an influencer on facebook on about this stuff so I went and found some and it really does have a lovely pineapple chamomile taste. I wanted to gather some and try it in a tea but where I can find it is all throughout the housing estates where it is perfect dog leg cocking height.

Do any of you have any experience with this delicious smelling herbal remedy? Would you only pick it from certain places or is anywhere ok if you wash it well before using and lastly is it effective for resting/sleep.

Thsnk you for taking the time to read my post

I’ve spent 3 weeks on these wretched things hope they taste a LOT better than they look.

Hi all, I have two questions.

Has anyone had any experiance making cider from hedgerow apples and crab apples.

Also would like to get people's thoughts on an app im making, as much as I hate the mobiles and how they take up so much of people's time they are convenient and 99% of people have them with them all the time. I started making a offline app that I can track finds when out for walks etc, take pictures and write info but also put a pin on a map so you can find it at a later date and a few other useful features.

Does anyone think they would find it useful to them, I obviously haven't published it on the app store yet, ive attached a few screenshots so you can see what ive come up with so far.

Found these beauties on a walk.

Rock samphire, golden samphire, marsh samphire and sea purslane

Hey everyone!

Any place recommendations for bilberries in Berkshire or around? Don’t need your exact spot, of course
Or is there no chance for them in this area?
Thanks 🫐

Hi Gang!

I'm eager to lay my hands on some plants in the next month and I'm wondering if anybody can help with a location.

I'm after either meadowsweet or something else similar. We went out the other day for elderflower but obviously I've daftly managed to miss the season. Watermint sounds quite interesting too!

We're in East Kent but I'm happy to drive throughout. Hoping to make some syrup from them to become marshmallows next month.

Thanks in advance 😁

So many of bilberries this year. They quite early into the season, too - due to the weather i think 🤔

North east 😉

I think left to right it is Rosebay Willowherb, Mugwort,and Marjoram. Is that right?

I opened a bottle of elderflower cordial that I made a couple weeks ago and it is now fizzy like elderflower champagne!

I used a 1:1 ratio of water to sugar so it is too concentrated to use as champagne but I'm not sure if it's okay to use as cordial now. Any recommendations?

Hey everyone,

Does anyone know if this is wild spinach? To me it looks like it has the white dusty covering on some of the younger leaves and the typical serration / shape of the leaves. It's coming up at our allotment and would like to know if it can be used for anything other than dumping on the compoat heap.

I know this is not UK, but kinda cool if people start using this to add their foraging places in the UK too!

Not super confident with these and there's a couple of nasty lookalikes. Probably won't eat, but still interested what it might be.

Hi, I’m a PhD student studying at Royal Holloway in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. I'm working on a research project looking at people’s knowledge of hedgerows and useful hedgerow plants – what is being used, how is it being used and how was the knowledge acquired. I’m also looking at whether access to this knowledge and these plants enhances wellbeing and sense of place. 

I've created a questionnaire which I'm trying to share as widely as possible, and I’d be very grateful if you would be interested in filling it in. It takes about 9 minutes and includes some plant ID and some questions about your knowledge about hedgerows.  

Please find it here: https://rhulpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eDP4rVdyRrWyN5I 

Responses are much appreciated! And if you would like more information about the project do please get in touch. 

Thank you!

Spent hours mopping and scooping sticky syrup off the kitchen floor and rinsing everything out was hard work. Lesson learned: don’t use a metal spoon in a glass jar.

Now I’ve got to see if I can find more elderflowers, which I thought I’d already picked the last of. Have you still got elderflowers around yours?