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Old 28-05-2006, 06:58 PM
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Re: Wild food

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Originally Posted by nicole
You might be able to help me with the answer to a question I have Jonny. A few years ago an old chap was telling me that during the war (lol it sounds like Uncle Albert) he used to use the leafs of a certain type of tree to make a tea-like drink. I cant for the life of me remember what type of tree he said it was....Do you have any ideas what it could of been?

Cheers matey
When im teaching Wildfood and Bushcraft I often use leaves from many different trees, and sometimes the flowers too. The most common herbal tea from the flowers of a tree would be from the Small leaved Lime (Tilia cordata). We also use Beech and Hawthorn leaves among many many others. Its a wide and complex subject so I am not able to cover it all here although I am more than happy to help anyone if you have any questions. I will be running a few more courses this year too.

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Kris
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