On 8th March 2019 I walked along the River Itchen in Hampshire between Shawford and Eastleigh, mostly along the old canal tow path:
River Itchen, Shawford, UK
River Itchen, Shawford, UK
Mute swans
Teasel (Dipsacus) field
Misteltoe
Common polypody (Polypodium vulgare)…called sisselrot here in Norway, the roots were eaten as a candy by children in the past!
Asplenium scolopendrium (Hart’s tongue fern)
Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
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Dandelion
Sarcoscypha coccinea (?) (scarlet elf cup)
Ground elder (Aegopodium) with ivy
Duckweed (Lemna spp.)?
Duckweed (Lemna spp.)?
Cow parsley (?) already in flower
Not to be confused with this one, Hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata), the most poisonous plant in the UK!
Old man’s beard (Clematis vitalba)…the shoots are a favourite cooked vegetable in Italy in the spring
…and a video of a large population of Elfin cups (Sarcoscypha coccinea)?
And now some pictures taken on 10th March from the Monks Brook, a stream behind my parents’ house in Chandlers Ford where a lot of foragables were already available (a full two months before our area in Norway!), starting with a video ending with Helleborus foetidus.
Allium ursinum (ramsons)
Allium ursinum (ramsons)
Nettles (Urtica dioica) and cleavers (Galium aparine)
Nettles (Urtica dioica) and cleavers (Galium aparine)
On my recent quick visit to my parents in Hampshire, UK, we did a walk from St Cross to Winchester along the River Itchen with Mum (89) and Dad (93) followed by a walk up St Catharine’s Hill on my own to do the mizmaze ;)
Video of Winchester from St. Catharine’s Hill:
Gingko tree at St Cross
Hayricks (scythed meadows)
Hayricks are good habitat for Kestrels (tårnfalk)
Kestrel tree and St Catharine’s Hill
Kestrel (tårnfalk)
Hogweed
Water forgetmenot
Watercress
Bulrushes (cattails)
Water mint and watercress
Gunnera in a Winchester park
Walnut tree
Walnuts (I already have Sorbus aria from Winchester in my garden and it’s proved hardy, so I’ll try Winchester walnut too)
Walnut
The mizmaze (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizmaze)
View over Winchester and the Cathedral
Winchester is a green town!
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
