Wild about free food
Robin Harford's plateful of "lovely, scrummy new wild edible plants" With the New Year's arrival it's good to feel that Spring is on the way at last. And it's not just the snowdrops and aconites that'll tell us the garden is coming back to life. Grocery bills will be cut as the new season's fresh fruit and vegetables find their way into the shops. However those who like their food not just fresh but free will know that Nature's larder also opens up at this time of the year. This part of the country is a popular place for many food foragers. One of the best-known in the area is Robin Harford, based in the tiny hamlet of Northmostown between Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth. He is the publisher of the 'Free Wild Food Collection' and webmaster of EatWeeds: The Forager's Wild Food Guide to Edible Plants of Great Britain http://www.eatweeds.co.uk/ A teacher at the Eden Project he has organised culinary events at Otterton Mill and the Dorset F...