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Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 29 - "Beech"

Botanical name : Fagus sylvatica Common names : Beech, Beech Tree Physical appearance : A decidious tree with smooth, grey bark which grows up to 40 metres in height. It has oval shaped, bright gr...

Wild Edible of the Week - Week 31 - "Saffron Milk Cap"

Botanical name : Lactarius deliciosus Common names : Saffron Milk Cap, red pine mushroom, pine mushroom Physical appearance : A funnel shaped, large, light orange mushroom with a short orange stem...

Wild Edible of the Week - Week 32 - "Jack-by-the-hedge"

Botanical Name : Alliaria petiolata Common names : Jack-by-the-hedge, Garlic Mustard, Garlic Root, Hedge Garlic, Sauce Alone, Jack-in-the-bush, Penny Hedge, Poor Man's Mustard Physical appearance :...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 22 - "Wild Gooseberry"

Botanical name : Ribes uva-crispa Common names : Gooseberry, Fae-berry Physical appearance : A numerously branched low growing spiny shrub, growing up to 1.2 metres (4ft) in height. Its leaves hav...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 24 - "Heather"

Botanical name : Calluna vulgaris Common names : Heather, Ling, Common Heather Physical appearance : An evergreen shrub which grows up to 1 metre in height with numerous tiny leaves which grow in ...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 25 - "Black Mustard"

Botanical name : Brassica Nigra Common names : Black Mustard, Physical appearance : A tall green/grey annual, growing up to a metre in height. It has stalked leaves and the lower leaves are lobed ...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 28 - "Poppy"

Botanical name : Papaver rhoeas Common names : Common Poppy, Corn Poppy, Corn Rose, Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy, Red Poppy Physical appearance : A hairy annual 30-60cm in height. It's characterist...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 18 - "Blackcurrant"

Botanical name : Ribes nigrum Common names : Blackcurrant, Physical appearance : An upright shrub growing up to 1.5 metres high. Its flowers have drooping, stalked spikes. Its berries are opaque b...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 15 - "Wild Strawberry"

Botanical name : Fragaria vesca Common names : Wild Strawberry Physical appearance : Low growing, creeping plant with hairy runners. It usually has stems of between 5-30cm. Its leaves grow in group...

How To Catch Food in the Wild - Basic Principles Of Trapping

In short term survival situations, feeding yourself is unlikely to ever be a priority. Adult humans, in average physical condition, can last weeks if not months, on very limited food supplies. The ...