Foraging for Sweet Chestnuts - UK Woodland Foraging
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- This week we go in search of delicious sweet chestnuts in a beautiful English 'Hollow Lane' and I show you how to tell the difference between a sweet chestnut and the common Horse Chestnut (conkers) 🌰
#foraging #wildfood #chestnuts
Some useful plant identification books:
Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland - Robin Harford
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Food For Free - Richard Mabey
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The Forager's Calendar - John Wright
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Some amazing foraging channels:
Wild Food UK
/ wildfooduk1
Coastal Foraging With Craig Evans
/ @coastalforagingwithcr...
Vincent Petit (Amazing videos)
/ @vincentpetit2109
Thank you for helping me in stopping my mother from eating conkers.
Glad I could help 😂 and Thankyou for uploading so many episodes of Trap Door - that’s my Saturday night sorted 🙏👻
@@Fieldstudy_ Ha! No worries. I forget I even did that sometimes. I started that over 16 years ago now.
I look forward to more content from you 😁
Another great video! Enjoying the autumnal colour grade too 👌
Thanks Oli! 🍂
Thanks for taking us with you and the tips :) forgetting them on the back of a door seems exactly my speed 😄
Haha no worries, glad someone out there understands
You will get there. Early days and still more ideas and vlogs to come.
Doing really well and looking forward to the growth of your channel.
Cheers from Daniela in Australia
Ps I have a Facebook page which is nearly 27'000 but have been running it for 11 years.
It's the catching magical thing you post one day which will help you get the foot into the door.
Thanks Daniela, yes I have 2 notebooks full of ideas so still plenty to come ☺️
Really enjoying your content. I’m from Cornwall south of England and also do a lot of wild foraging with son and family.
I’m glad to of stumbled across your page. Great videos.
Something I’ve learned with Horse chestnut, is the leaves as do conkers contain sappins, which when combined with water make great soap.
Always a go to when out with the family and wanting to wash their hands.
All the best
Thanks 🙏 just subscribed to your channel, I absolutely love Cornwall!
Yeah it’s very handy isn’t it, they actually use horse chestnut in a lot of cosmetics as well. I think because it’s slightly astringent it used in skin treatments to close up pores. You can also use other plants that are high in saponins (like Ivy and Soapwort) to make soaps and detergents. Maybe I’ll make a video on it at some point 😀
Hope you’re having a good weekend and thanks for watching.
@@Fieldstudy_ thank you for the subscribe, new videos will be uploaded more frequent from now on.
Your support means a lot.
Looking forward to the next video.
Weekend outdoors for sure 😁
Just found your channel. Lovely videos. Keep up the good work. Ferns zoomies hilarious. X
Thankyou! I tried to wash her paws in the stream and she absolutely lost it 😂
Your video is always inspire me and I would like to see how you cook the chestnut 🌰 because I accidentally picked them some but because they’re really spiky and it’s hard to pick up with bare hand.
Ah Thankyou, I will do a chestnut recipe this week if you like?
Brilliant channel 👏 👍 xoxox
Thankyou 🙏
Thanks for the video. Can we say that chesnut trees can be found in Britain forests from the south to the north or some limited areas?
Where to find Sweet Chestnuts in the UK 🌰 #foraging #edibleplants #wildfood
Where are you foraging for chestnut ? I am in London!
I’m down south on the Isle of Wight, London can certainly be a challenge for the forager but it isn’t impossible - I pretty much foraged my way through university there!
I’d say head out to one of the large parks like Richmond, or find one of the many local nature reserves dotted around the place. They’re probably your best bet to find a chestnut tree.
Or if you’re feeling adventurous, my dad always used to take us out to Banstead Woods in Surrey to collect chestnuts. It’s a lovely day out!
Best of luck 🤞
@@Fieldstudy_ Thank you ! I will start with one of those options!
The Irish are well known for their cabbage
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@@Fieldstudy_ it’s a type of vegetable