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On 27 Mar 2011 at 12:13am Forager wrote:

...can I forage for wild garlic in May please?

On 27 Mar 2011 at 5:32am MC wrote:

There's loads by the Ouse above Barcombe, take the public footpath at the top of the Sharpsbridge Road that leads to the wooden bridge over the river. Cross the river, turn immediately right and walk to the wood, following the river. There a metal thing across a stream at the edge of the wood. Then use your nose! It's a lovely unmanaged wood too.

What will you do with the garlic?

On 27 Mar 2011 at 8:22am Vesbod wrote:

Haven't seen any vamps lately have you ?

On 27 Mar 2011 at 9:04am Mr Happy wrote:

I saw it last year in the same lane s the Jolly Sportsman in East Chiltington , going up towards the church.

On 27 Mar 2011 at 2:48pm Mutts nuts wrote:

Use the leaf like spinach, the roots like garlic, the flowers make a great salad, use it like a paste on roast lamb, makes a great pesto style thingy if you chop it and store in olive oil. Tons of uses and it's free. I'm off looking for it today, try the area around barcombe mills pool, use your nose, It's very obvious when there's some in the area.

On 27 Mar 2011 at 3:13pm MC wrote:

The stuff I know of round the Batcombe Mills pools is a bit too close to one dodgy smelling and very large septic tank. Beware. ;-)

On 27 Mar 2011 at 11:40pm forager wrote:

Thanks for the pointers guys. My fave is to bung loads into a pea risotto. Yum. Bit early at the moment though, isn't it? May time usually elsewhere along the coast...

On 28 Mar 2011 at 11:01am numberjack wrote:

A question:
As it is illegal to pick wild flowers, (why) is it acceptable to pick wild garlic?
I am not suggesting that you should not farage for wild garlic, just curious as to the legality of doing so?