There's food in them thar hills

souter

Got a bonus spin yesterday and toiling up Powerscourt to Glencree noticed loads off bilberry's by the verge so filled my water bottle as treat for the wife and kids (it's the thought that counts).
This comes after the wild garlic of last month and the elder flowers still in bloom.
So if anyone spots me off the bike on a steep ascent, I'm "foraging", not resting.

ednwireland

i need a big wicker basket on the front, for when the mushroom season starts

tulachmhor

Lest we not forget to mention refilling Bidon's with cool,clear water from a fresh mountain spring.
That is providing one knows where to looksie.

ednwireland

kill a sheep and drag it home behind you (or borrow dfd's trailer)

SerialComplaint

ednwireland wrote: »

kill a sheep and drag it home behind you (or borrow dfd's trailer)

Only sissies kill them first - nothing like really fresh meat.

DualFrontDiscs

ednwireland wrote: »

kill a sheep and drag it home behind you (or borrow dfd's trailer)

I think the xtracycle would be better, particularly in the mountains.

And maybe two lambs rather than a sheep, just for balance.



DFD.

fran oconnor

it sounds like bear grylls and ray mears are in this thread..where was the wild garlic found by the way??

RoundTower

are bilberries = frochans?

Lumen

Died For Dinner?

souter

RoundTower wrote: »

are bilberries = frochans?

Err, me no speak Irish. Bilberries (English) aka blaeberries (Scottish) aka blueberries (American)

souter

fran oconnor wrote: »

it sounds like bear grylls and ray mears are in this thread..where was the wild garlic found by the way??

Wild garlic is found in abundance in the verges around Enniskerry, it seems to associate with mature deciduous trees. All along the stretch from Enniskerry to the fork going to Ballinastoe. Also in St Anns Park in de Northside if that's handier.

ednwireland

fran oconnor wrote: »

it sounds like bear grylls and ray mears are in this thread..where was the wild garlic found by the way??

flowers pretty much gone now theres only a couple of spots near me (look out for white flowers and the smell of garlic !

Heisenberg.

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ednwireland

Scien wrote: »

Shouldn't you find the source if you're drinking water from a stream?

he said mountain spring (not sure where he finds them but i'm guessing its a distinction from a slow running stream with a dead sheep in it a hundred yards away - fast moving water is normally ok - thers a holy well in sligo where water gushes out wouldnt have any prob drinking from that)

jwshooter

stalking on the sally gap in September ,noting as nice as sitting and eating frockens in the autumn sunshine ,watching at the world zoom by .

RoundTower

souter wrote: »

Err, me no speak Irish. Bilberries (English) aka blaeberries (Scottish) aka blueberries (American)

frochans are like smaller bitterer blueberries, I have never seen real blueberries growing in the wild, but would love to

el tel

sometimes you get lucky and find a pic-i-nic basket

Thargor

I eat a ton of mussells, oysters, periwinkles, mackerel and mushrooms during the Summer from various spots around Galway Bay, love foraging.