AnnaD
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Wild RaspberriesYesterday since the weather was so lovely I felt I should ignore the morning sickness and try going for a walk in the woods. I actually managed to walk further than usual, but I think that was thanks to the masses of wild raspberries by the path.
As well as the usual red raspberries, I also found a few bushes of yellow raspberries which I love. Many haven't come out yet which will give me a chance to go back later with a basket. I really want to try making raspbery jam.
As well as the raspberries, there was a lot of wild St John's Wort which I hadn't noticed before as well as some Common Spotted Orchids. I also discovered just how bad stinkhorns smell. The flies certainly loved it though!
Then my unpredictable cravings decided I had to have a bar of tablet when I got home. So in all it was a good day and I felt a lot better for it 
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marigold
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Tablet sounds nicer than a dry biscuit as a remedy for morning sickness! I've never seen wild raspberries, so I'm a little bit envious  .
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cab
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| marigold wrote: | | I've never seen wild raspberries, so I'm a little bit envious . |
Get up to AnnaD's patch, they're really prolific up in Scotland. [/i]
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mihto
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Maybe I should not reply to this, 'cause I'm still fuming  ....
Wild raspberries are as prolific here as blackberries in GB. They are almost everywhere along the roadside and the nicest thing we can eat in July.
Where I live we have some old farmer's fields which are loaded with them, and where I stop to pick up my mail they are nicer than ever this year. Huge, red and juicy, and picking some handfuls before dinner is a happy little thing to look forward to after a long day in the office.
Yesterday when I came home from work they were gone, bushes and all. They never troubled anyone, but a neighbour has decided that they are weeds and hacked them all off.
One sweet pleasure less in life. 
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marigold
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| cab wrote: | | marigold wrote: | | I've never seen wild raspberries, so I'm a little bit envious . |
Get up to AnnaD's patch, they're really prolific up in Scotland. [/i] |
I lived in Scotland for the summer months when I was 19 and it's the wild strawberries I remember... I ate plenty of home-made raspberry jam, but never saw them growing wild (or tame) when I was there. My grandmother wrote of gathering wild raspberries on the Sussex Downs when she was a child, so I live in hope of finding them locally  .
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marigold
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| mihto wrote: | Maybe I should not reply to this, 'cause I'm still fuming ....
Wild raspberries are as prolific here as blackberries in GB. They are almost everywhere along the roadside and the nicest thing we can eat in July.
Where I live we have some old farmer's fields which are loaded with them, and where I stop to pick up my mail they are nicer than ever this year. Huge, red and juicy, and picking some handfuls before dinner is a happy little thing to look forward to after a long day in the office.
Yesterday when I came home from work they were gone, bushes and all. They never troubled anyone, but a neighbour has decided that they are weeds and hacked them all off.
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mihto that is absolutely criminal! No wonder you are angry, I'd be incandescent with rage . Hopefully they'll grow back and the weed-hater won't be so stupid next year.
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AnnaD
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I'd never really thought about the fact they might be more common here. But there are millions where I live and where my parents live. I've also found a few patches of wild strawberries in the woods here.
I can't believe anyone would cut down a patch of raspberries, they must be mad! But then I also remember eating wild raspberries during a Guides camp, and everyone thought I was mad for eating unwashed raspberries. There are some strange people in the world!
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mihto
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AnnaD, eat as many rasperries as you can, unwashed and all
They are full of antioxidants which are good for your baby, and the stronger coloured, the better. Rasberries are the blessing of the Gods to those of us who live in a climate more suitable to animals with thick furs than to human beings. Eat blueberries as well, they will make the baby healthy and happy
Even with our local patch of raspberries gone there are plenty more along the road. I'll keep the Downsizers in mind when I stop and engorge next time.
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AnnaD
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| mihto wrote: | AnnaD, eat as many rasperries as you can, unwashed and all
They are full of antioxidants which are good for your baby, and the stronger coloured, the better. Rasberries are the blessing of the Gods to those of us who live in a climate more suitable to animals with thick furs than to human beings. Eat blueberries as well, they will make the baby healthy and happy
Even with our local patch of raspberries gone there are plenty more along the road. I'll keep the Downsizers in mind when I stop and engorge next time. |
Souns good to me, thanks for that! I've been stuffing myself with them both yesterday and again today, it's one fruit I really love. We also have millions of bilberries growing in the hills nearby so i'll have to go and pick them. I could make muffins with them.
While picking raspberries I was thinking about how much fun it'll be to take our child out picking berries when it's older. I can't wait to teach it about wild food and plants, it'll be great! I know it's a while yet, but there we go
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tiff
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One of the things I love about summer is picking fruit and anything else I find. My DS is 10 and too old for the park, so he tells me, but not too old for blackberry picking etc. It wouldnt be summer if we didnt do that, he says.
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fungi2bwith
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Wild strawberries are everywhere around here (hants/surry border). They grow as weeds in my garden. I am still very jelous of the rasberries, I have only ever found them in Scotland (near Kelso) when I visit my family each August.
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runrabbit
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edinburgh woodsHi anna
where are these woods in edinburgh you keep talking about, they sound fantastic!
Im new to Edinburgh & wouldnt mind checking them out myself to see what I can forage
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AnnaD
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Re: edinburgh woods | runrabbit wrote: | Hi anna
where are these woods in edinburgh you keep talking about, they sound fantastic!
Im new to Edinburgh & wouldnt mind checking them out myself to see what I can forage
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They are actually in Penicuik, which is easy to get to from Edinburgh on the 37 or 47 buses. If you go along the main street of Penicuik past the pubs, then follow the road as it turns left towards Peebles, there's a couple of entrances in there to Penicuik Estate. The best one I can describe is over the bridge down that road (Bridge Road) and you should see a church on the right hand side of the road. If you go along the track just before the church that takes you straight to the woods.
It's a huge area and you could spend hours there, but it's not easy getting lost. As well as all the woodland and the North Esk running through it, there's also Penicuik House. I think it was build in the 17th Century but is now a ruin. A very impressive one though and worth a look. I'm lucky enough to live across the road from the Estate, so I'm in there all the time
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gil
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Ah, I know exactly where you mean - always looked a great place and well worth exploring. Though I don't go that way to Edinburgh any more - I use the quieter road through Loanstone and Auchendinny.
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Truffle
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if anyones interested, theres acres round here too (peak district)- we've been binging on them for the last two months, they're coming to an end now just as the blackberries start
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