Blessed thistle; Eeyore eats this stuff and so do I. It is fairly labour intensive and you do need "trim scissors" to cut off the prickles but it's safe, easy to identify, and it tends to be plentiful because it is, after all, an invasive plant.

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Finished batch of hawthorn berry ketchup! The berries are called haws, so really this is haw ketchup 🤭

Recipe and method 🧵

After picking out all the leaves (very hard to pick berries without getting the whole sprig) I washed them in cold water and weighed them. We had 300g of berries. Boiled them in apple cider vinegar and simmered them for an hour, topping up with vinegar when it dried out.

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Today is a foraging day. I’m picking ramps and coltsfoot, and maybe some garlic mustard. #forager #foraging #ForagersOfMastodon