Food that grows itself

[JD1]

I purchased Richard Maybey's "Food for Free" a while back and really need to remember to take it with me when walking the dog. It is an excellent book with clear pictures and descriptions and covers coastal as well as inland plants and fungi etc.

Although the book is great for reference and would be a great help after an event, I think the best way forward to learn is to go on an organised walk. There are too many plants (not just fungi) that have a note next to them that reads something like "dont confuse this plant with "X" which looks similar but is lethal".

There seems to be more and more of the Wild Food type walks around these days and they are relatively cheap.

I have a weekend wilderness survival course booked, part of which is a section on edible and medicinal wild plants, so hopefully that will give me the kick up the backside I need to get learning.