Make the most of abandoned plots

If there are any abandoned or overgrown plots in your allotments, have a look around them to see what you find. Apart from the ubiquitous stingy nettles and blackberry you might find something more interesting. A quick scout around ours turned up some horseradish and sweet cicely, both of which are edible. It’s important to identify the plant correctly as some poisonous plants look very like edible varieties. There are a number of books to help with identification but I recently bought the very useful Food for Free by Richard Mabey. As well as helping to identify the plants, it also gives a bit of history and, in some cases, help on how to prepare them.

It makes sense to ensure that the plot really is abandoned so that you don’t get accused of invading someone else’s patch.

Written by stephen007 on May 19th, 2006 with no comments.
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