Nature has an amazing abundance of food to be naturally harvested within the U.K. wilds. Some foods need preparation before eating, others require expert identification before consumption. Here I have gathered a list of food resources available out there, with pictures and explanations on how to find them, and prepare them. (yellow text have information pages.. more are to follow soon!!)
Greens/Herbs/Roots:
Dandelion - All Year Harvest, Best in Early Spring!
Three Cornered Leek - May Harvest!
Wild Angelica (Wild Celery) - Spring to Autumn Harvest!
Yarrow - August Harvest!
Red Valerian -
Elecampane -
Sneezewort -
Rough Hawkbit -
Rest Harrow -
Borage - Spring and Summer Harvest!
Salad Burnet -
Fennel - Spring or Late Autumn Harvest!
Smooth Sow Thistle -
Salsify -
Ivy Leaved Toadflax -
Bulrush, Reedmace or Cattail - All Year Harvest!
Greater Plantain -
Ribwort Plantain -
Meadowsweet -
Thistles -
Marsh Mallow -
Common Mallow -
Good King Henry -
Fat Hen -
Buckshorn Plantain -
Sea Plantain -
Wild Carrot -
Sea Aster -
Scurvygrass -
Sea Beet - April to October Harvest!
Orache -
Rock Samphire -
Marsh Samphire -
Silverweed -
Broom -
Shepherd’s Purse -
Chickweed -
Rosebay Willowherb -
Pignut -
Elder Flower -
Oxeye Daisy -
White Dead Nettle -
Ground Ivy -
Cleavers -
Ramsons -
Garlic Mustard -
Sorrel - Spring and Early Summer Harvest!
Hogweed -
Burdock - Sring to Autumn Harvest!
Cuckooflower -
Saxifrage -
Navelwort -
Lesser Celandine -
Brooklime -
Primrose -
Alexanders -
Plums:
Damson - August/September Harvest!
Blackthorn (Sloe) - October/November Harvest!
Berries:
Rosehip - Late Summer Autumn Harvest!
Guelder Rose -
Hawthorn (Haws) -
Bramble (Blackberry) - Late Summer Autumn Harvest!
Rowan - Early Autumn Harvest!
Elderberry - Late Summer Harvest!
Wild Strawberry - Late Summer Harvest!
Hop -
Bilberry -
Nuts:
Sweet Chestnuts - Autumn Harvest!
Hazelnuts - Autumn Harvest!
Pine Nuts - Autumn Harvest!
Acorns - Autumn Harvest!
Beech Nuts - Autumn Harvest!
Seaweeds:
Japweed/Wireweed - (Sargassum muticum)
Japweed/Wireweed - (Sargassum muticum)
Thong Weed - (Himanthalia elongata)
Egg Wrack - (Ascophyllum nodosum)
Grape Pip Weed - (Mastocarpus stellatus/Gigartina stellata)
Bladderwrack - (Fucus vesiculosis)
Brown Leafweed - (Petalonia fascia)
Carragheen or Irish Moss - (Chondrus crispus)
Dabberlocks - (Alaria esculenta)
Dulse - (Palmaria palmata)
Gutweed - (Enteromorpha intestinalis)
Laver - (Porphyra sp)
Oarweed or Tangle - (Laminaria digitata)
Pepper Dulse - (Osmundea pinnatifida)
Sea Lettuce - (Ulva lactuca)
Serrated Wrack - (Fucus serratus)
Sugar Kelp - (Saccharina latissima)
