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What to Forage in October - Walnuts

Not all walnuts are created equal

 There is a house in Melford Road ( just past the vets) with a huge box of walnuts for sale at 50p a bag. There are also some for sale in the health food shop. The trouble with making a map of good foraging spots is people seem to be using it! Having to buy walnuts is outrageous.

What to forage in September - Hazel nuts

Found a tree that is dropping delicious thin shelled nuts all over the pavement at the junction of Acton Lane and Waldingfield Road.

Also a pitiful if tasty harvest of beech mast, when peeled they taste like a slightly oily sweet chestnut.

What to forage in September - Elderberries

Plentiful juicy elderberries this year, really easy crop to process just strip the berry off the stalk with a fork.

Cook with sugar and a little water. When cooked add to apple for use in crumbles and pies or reduce down to syrup (excellent for keeping winter colds at bay).

Updated foraging map

The map has been updated with lots of new finds. Its at the bottom of the page. Lots of cherries still to pick and the blackberries at the agribulk compound are almost ready.


If you can't see the map click here   http://tinyurl.com/foragingmap

Foraging cherries

Serried cherries

 Been foraging for cherries over the last two days - picked seven and a half pounds of mainly black but some white cherries. They are delicious fresh but even I cannot eat that many so have constructed a drier to make cherryanas (cherry/sultanas).

 There are lots left if you can beat me there. Trees are on the approach track to Chilton Church and opposite outside Lavenham Leisure. Happy picking.

Foraging map

Time to 'fess up to your favourite foraging spots to add onto the new foraging map (bottom of the page). Don't pick all my walnuts! Leave them as a comment and I'll add them to the map.

If you can't see the map click here   http://tinyurl.com/foragingmap