{"id":170,"date":"2010-05-01T09:06:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T08:06:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-03-13T10:38:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T09:38:43","slug":"wild-food-in-may-late-spring-foraging-food-for-free-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wild-food-in-may-late-spring-foraging-food-for-free-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild food in May – Late Spring Foraging – Food for free in May – Andy Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire.” <\/strong>–\u00a0\u00a0 Virgil<\/p>\n

May certainly feels like the time when England has put its party clothes on with so many tree and plants in blossom. I think that May feels like that excitement before a party, the weather is hotting up, it is almost summer and all the all the expectations of what the next two seasons can bring are laid before us in a truly beautiful floral display.\u00a0 To explore for yourself and find some food for free why not join us on a forage? <\/a><\/p>\n

Elderflower Sambucus nigra<\/em> L<\/h2>\n

I can’t really write about May wild food and foraging without mentioning elderflower <\/a>and more to the point elderflower cordial and Champagne<\/a> There is not much Elderflower around at the start of the May but by the end it’s floral scent can be smelt from hedgerow to parkland and heath to allotment down here in the South of England. The season varies slightly across the country and I have seen elderflower <\/a>growing as late as July in Edinburgh. More about elderflower… <\/a><\/p>\n