Comment by Chris Lion-raw on January 22, 2010 at 1:56

Video widget not having it ! but you can get similar to maple syrup off a birch. I gotta try that...

Comment by Chris Lion-raw on January 25, 2010 at 22:02

was at a friends house yesterday and picked up a bottle of beach sap sweetend wine!
not my cup of tea but gotta see this and try it out, if I like it and its sweet, I will definitely add it to my recipes : ) thanks for posting - James your a star...

Comment by Rhoda-Mary on May 9, 2010 at 10:12

Hi James,

Is birch sap effectively xylitol then?

Rhoda-Mary :-)

Comment by Rhoda-Mary on May 9, 2010 at 23:03

So do I! I'm not that fond of it. That's why I was wondering. Also, the processed stuff is lethally toxic to dogs, which makes me wonder what it might be doing to humans. Some people have great difficulty with it digestive-tract-wise. So you find the natural stuff OK? :-)

Rhoda-Mary

Comment by Libby Willing on July 18, 2010 at 20:43

Heya, I love the idea of living on wild food however I don't know that much on what is grown locally and am worried I may just end up poisoning myself... Any ideas where I can look or read to find out??xx

Comment by Herbivore Lion on August 28, 2010 at 3:18

Becky, I eat lots of fruits growing on main roads and it hasn't done me any harm. Just washing them when you get home is usually good enough. Just check for all the things you usually would when eating any fruit. Main roads often run adjacent to rivers. On those particular roads you can find VERY rich pickings.

Comment by mrs sandra beasley on September 10, 2010 at 8:21

I picked my rosehips,elderberrys,blackberries in a field where no spraying is done. Its wild and just left to nature. It is not near a farmers field and its not near a road either which is all good. I have never done anything like this before, so this is my first time, and I feel really good about my wonderful rosehip syrup it tastes divine, I am so proud of it. And the goodness in elderberrys. It can even kill off swine flu, if I go to doctors they say they cant do anything about a virus. But elderberry's can. Apparently even the pope has himself delivered elderberry tonic. If its good enough for him..... then its good enough for me, but mine is free only a little effort is needed.

Comment by teresa harding on January 9, 2011 at 19:09

hi all
im new to foraging so reading as much as poss, trying to find plant known as 'goosefoot' as i would like to grow it in my garden to eat as im told its even more nutritious than kale does anybody have any tips on where it grows or where i may be able to get seeds?

Comment by teresa harding on January 13, 2011 at 12:07

Hi James
thanks for getting back to me the goosefoot im searching for is also called fat hen chenopodium alba same family but it has bigger leaves

Comment by Dawn Houghton on January 31, 2011 at 21:41

Fat Hen should be about in around late March and grows wild everywhere just about.  It is tasty juiced and in salad as young leaves.  I can't wait for all the greens to poke their heads up again!

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