Ray Mears Wild Food

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by eeyore

If anyone is thinking of emulating this be very careful - it is easy to confuse wild parsnip or carrot with hemlock with potentialy lethal consequences ( Hemlock generally has a biforked root but dont rely on this alone for ID)

I really do worry about the current climate encouraging foraging in the wild for food there are so many toxic problems that could make many people very ill!

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

An awful lot of women check out the shoes......... I know I do (or a least I did when I was younger and more shallow!! ).... cool shoes are a definate 'tick' - they don't have to be expensive, just be practical for the job in hand and look good.

I just have steel toe-capped, steel mid-soled ones from countrywide farmers - about £30 in black and red pretty cool and functional and last about three years which isn't bad given the amount of use.

Ah good girl i knew you would be one of us " cool" country lovers gill tee hee..
its the little details that matter.....It could be the one thing between me staying single for ever ( noooo ) or meeting my dream country girl....girls like shoes !
As it happened i bought some £13.00 Argile (Argle?) copies off ebay that are just fine for the garden until i can afford the £70 "Parcours"

[Madelinew]

Just looked up Ray Mears on Amazon and hey presto a book is out in September called - wait for it - Wild Food

[badgerwatcher]

I think Doctor Martins take a lot of beating, but then I'm old!
My favourites for every day wear at the moment are two pairs of suede ones, one rust red, the other mauve, which I even wore one each of once when I had to dress as a jester!
I've got them in all sorts of colours, leather and suede, they never wear out, don't slip on mud, and accomodate the bunions nicely!