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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 23 - "Hazelnut"

Botanical name : Corylus avellana Common names : Hazel Physical appearance : A small hardy tree or a multi-stemmed shrub. Its leaves are toothed and downy. In the approach to Winter, the hazel pro...

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 19 - "Green Walnut"

Botanical name : Juglans regia Common names : Walnut, Green Walnut   Physical appearance : A deciduous tree with spreading crown. Its bark is grey and fissured and can grow up to 30 metres in heig...

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 ...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 17 - "Elderflower"

Botanical name : Sambucus nigra Common names : Elder, Elder Flower, Black Elder, European Elder, European Black Elderberry Physical appearance : A fast growing, deciduous shrub or small tree growi...