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robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 7:50 am Post subject: Urban foraging
Went for a walk in Oxleas wood on Saturday, an area of ancient woodland sandwiched between the A2 and Shooters Hill. Came home with loads of sweet chestnuts, blackberries and quite a few tiny but very tasty apples from a 'wild' apple tree. Completely unexpected and very satisfying - I could get quite into this foraging lark

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 8:18 am Post subject:
It is remarkably satisfying to come home with pockets stuffed with free food

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 8:20 am Post subject:
Yep - especially when it's completely unexpected.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15433
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 8:35 am Post subject:
Pop a few of the nuts in pots and seek for an appropriate place to whack them in the ground when they are big enough... And don't be afraid to plant them in your garden just because it is small. Just cut the trees down every few years, or alternatively, keep them in pots to resttrict their growth.

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 9:01 am Post subject:
amazing how language changes. When I was a lad "urban foraging" was called "scrumping"

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 9:14 am Post subject:
Are sweet chestnuts ready already?

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 9:26 am Post subject:

oldish chris wrote:

amazing how language changes. When I was a lad "urban foraging" was called "scrumping"

Yeah, but it's trendy now, doncha know

And sgt colon - certainly seem ready round here.

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18416

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 1:11 pm Post subject:
Nice to know Oxleas Wood is still standing, and not been built over.

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 1:19 pm Post subject:

gil wrote:

Nice to know Oxleas Wood is still standing, and not been built over.

Came close in the early 90's, not long after we moved there. There were plans to build a new river crossing and the approach road would have demolished the woods and quite a few of the residential roads near ours. The locals kicked up a stink, and the plans were abandoned

ETA: location not always Scotland then?

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9891
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 2:00 pm Post subject:

oldish chris wrote:

amazing how language changes. When I was a lad "urban foraging" was called "scrumping"

nah scrumping is stealing.. apples mostly.

foraging is gathering from the 'wild' - although all land is owned by someone.. there is a difference between foraging and taking someones crops

gil
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 2:17 pm Post subject:

robkb wrote:

ETA: location not always Scotland then?

Location in mid-80s was Greenwich.

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 2:23 pm Post subject:

gil wrote:

robkb wrote:

ETA: location not always Scotland then?

Location in mid-80s was Greenwich.

Ah. That explains it.

fungi2bwith

Joined: 08 Nov 2007
Posts: 167
Location: NE Hants

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 11 10:06 pm Post subject: Re: Urban foraging

robkb wrote:

Went for a walk in Oxleas wood on Saturday, an area of ancient woodland sandwiched between the A2 and Shooters Hill. Came home with loads of sweet chestnuts, blackberries and quite a few tiny but very tasty apples from a 'wild' apple tree. Completely unexpected and very satisfying - I could get quite into this foraging lark

Great to hear Oxleas Wood is still there. I used to go to school very close to there. I collected some chestnuts from there a few times but at that age wouldn't have known what else to forage.

Greenfoot

Joined: 04 Dec 2007
Posts: 324
Location: The veggie plot or getting stones

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 11 1:02 am Post subject:

Lots of goodies to be had around us in Asturias only after asking, people are very generous and after you ask them once they will come to tell you to help yourself next season.
Lots of figs to make my favourite jam, small asturian peach coming to an end, walnuts, chestnuts, pears and not forgetting the bountiful apples which are processed into flat cider the regional drink but many are left behind.

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