RE: AlfieAesthetics - 25 Edible Plants, Fruits and Trees for Wilderness Survival

[eggmeister]

Certainly is a school day PV :)
If I was to narrow down to 5 of each; quickly off top of my head I'd go:

Cat-Tails
Stinging Nettles
Dandelion
Primrose
Burdock

Oak (Acorns)
Pine (Vit C needles, Cambium, Pollen)
Birch (sap, leaves)
Hawthorn (berries, leaves)
Hazel (fats, protein)

Though there are many more stored in my cranial inventory ;)

Comments

[preppervetuk]

Nice!
I always try to Look out for:

• Cat-tails
• Nettles
• Dandelion
• Hawthorne
• Common Plantain

For my trees:

• Ash
• Birch
• Oak
• Pine
• Hazel

[eggmeister]

Hi PV, could you tell me benefits of Ash please?
Apart from I believe being the most common tree in the UK (is that correct?) I don't know much about it.

Cheers :)

[preppervetuk]

One of the most common trees in U.K. although it has been affected by Ash Dieback desease recently...

• Great as a building wood as it is strong and flexible (good for wood handles on hammers n axes).
• The sugary sap can be collected which is known as ‘Manna’.
• The king of woods for fires... Check out a poem called 'The FireWood Poem' it's a great one to teach the kids and explains each of the wood/trees in Britain for burning. https://allpoetry.com/The-Firewood-Poem
• Has many herbal properties = https://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/european-ash.html

I'm sure there are many other uses too, but for me the primary one is for burning... good burning when green and dead...

[eggmeister]

Thanks for info PV :)
Can sap extraction be done in the same way as Birch then?

Robster.

[preppervetuk]

Absolutely..... in fact there are many trees you can 'tap' for syrup, just watch out for the toxic ones.

[eggmeister]

Cheers PV :)