Foraging, walks Homla walk May 2018 May 16, 2018 Stephen Barstow Leave a comment Pictures from this week’s 5 hour (botanist pace) walk along the spectacular Homla canyon, the start about 14 km from home! Storfossen Storfossen Ostrich fern (strutseving) had already come too far in most places, but in the cooler air next to the river and in places where the snow lies late, they were perfect for harvestingth the warm weather, the ostrich fern (strutseving) had already come too far to harvest, but other places on the banks of the river and where snow lies longer Wood anemones (hvitveis) Ostrich fern (strutseving) emerging from river spring flood silt deposits Ostrich fern (strutseving) emerging from river spring flood silt deposits Ostrich fern (strutseving) emerging from river spring flood silt deposits A particularly luxuriant patch of ostrich fern A particularly luxuriant patch of ostrich fern Wild salad gathered for lunch on the Homla walk this week, including giant bellflower (storklokke), alpine bistort (harerug), Viola spp., red and green leaved sorrel (engsyre), Rumex longifolius, raspberry (bringebær) shoots, wood sorrel (gjøksyre), lady’s mantle (marikåpe), stinging nettle (brennesle), young leaves of Cirsium palustre, coltsfoot (hestehov, don’t use much as it contains alkaloids) and dandelion (løvetann) Wild salad gathered for lunch on the Homla walk this week, including giant bellflower (storklokke), alpine bistort (harerug), Viola spp., red and green leaved sorrel (engsyre), Rumex longifolius, raspberry (bringebær) shoots, wood sorrel (gjøksyre), lady’s mantle (marikåpe), stinging nettle (brennesle), young leaves of Cirsium palustre, coltsfoot (hestehov, don’t use much as it contains alkaloids) and dandelion (løvetann) Ostrich fern (strutseving) Ostrich fern (strutseving) Ostrich fern (strutseving) Spring vetch (vårerteknapp) Wood anemone (hvitveis) This tiny hoverfly was on wood anemone flowers This tiny hoverfly was on wood anemone flowers Marsh marigold (soleihov) flowers amongst meadowsweet (mjødurt) leaves Gyromitra esculenta (sandmorkel) is no longer recommended as food Wood sorrel (gjøksyre) flowers with Hepatica leaves Beetles in wood anemone (hvitveis) Some dead tips of bilberry (blåbær) in a small area Cicerbita alpina (turt), important food of the sami people, but very bitter at this stage… Optimized print or PDF