Barefoot Andrew
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Barefoot forageI'm looking forward to going out on my first ever forage soon! I'm a complete beginner in such things - you could say I'm green at it (but that would be a tedious gag) - so I shall be reading all the bits and pieces here by Cab et al, and I also have the Richard Mabey Food for Free book.
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cab
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Re: Barefoot forageGood luck 
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woodsprite
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Wear some shoes Barefoot!!! Foraging can be a bit prickly 
Good luck
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Behemoth
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Sensible boots, robust clothing and a friendly stick. Have fun.
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
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| Behemoth wrote: | | Sensible boots, robust clothing and a friendly stick. Have fun. |
and a downsizer bag for the spoils surely
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jp
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And a few quid to go to the pub afterwards...?
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Barefoot Andrew
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Hmm, I'm rubbish at foraging.
Had a nice walk yesterday afternoon, but I was too busy soaking up the whole shebang - the sound of the birdsong, smell of the sweet air, lovely countryside, the feel of the sun on my face and the path underfoot - in other words, not concentrating on the looking at and looking for of plants at all. Oh well... maybe next time.
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Barefoot Andrew
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And another thing...
If one's "foraging route" is a popular one, one has to forage above the dog wee zone
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sean
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Higher than that if it's a popular route home from the pub.
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Barefoot Andrew
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| sean wrote: | | Higher than that if it's a popular route home from the pub. |
I'm charmed
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cab
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| Barefoot Andrew wrote: | Hmm, I'm rubbish at foraging.
Had a nice walk yesterday afternoon, but I was too busy soaking up the whole shebang - the sound of the birdsong, smell of the sweet air, lovely countryside, the feel of the sun on my face and the path underfoot - in other words, not concentrating on the looking at and looking for of plants at all. Oh well... maybe next time.
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See, thats the best part of it!
Recently I've come fave to face with a grass snake, a green woodpecker, pheasants poncing about at each other, an iridescent green beetle... Does it MATTER if you bring forage home?
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Barefoot Andrew
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Just been out for a walk in the sunshine (to get away from infernal machines), and en route partook of some light snacking courtesy of a bramble bush 
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bingo
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| jp wrote: | | And a few quid to go to the pub afterwards...? |
Eh, you turned my offer of the pub down after our forage. 
I was most disgruntled seeing as I was an alcoholic then.
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skedone
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WAS 
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bingo
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| skedone wrote: | | WAS |
Well I say was, am, whatever you want to call it.
I don't drink anymore.
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