Viola Odorata. A lovely find wood violet enjoy just seeing it, part edible too – petals and leaves. Don’t eat the seeds or roots.
Always stay safe when foraging or eating something you’ve not had before. You need to be 100% sure of your identification, 100% sure that your foraged item is edible, and 100% sure that you are not allergic to it (it is good practice to always try a small amount of any new food you are consuming). If in doubt, leave it out!
Join us – A 20 year experiment to see if they could grow a food forest in the harsh conditions of North Scotland. After being told we couldn’t grow trees in the far north of Scotland Graham (Singer songwriter & Children’s author) and Rebecca (Wildlife artist) we decided to grow trees and build a more self sufficient system in Caithness with our children. Now surrounded by trees, fruit bushes, fruit trees, meadowsweet etc.
“We have built our forest in a windswept, boggy area with salt air and long dark winters. But not just trees but food within it to help us live within a sustainable ecology that benefits plants animals and us.”
Trees though are much more than I thought they not only giving mental and physical health they have welcoming non judgemental feel that sometimes seems almost personal, characterful..do they have intelligence beyond what we think. Years spent building this small foodforest have led me to think perhaps, yes!
Graham also formerly a professional gardener having designed and looked after several large country estates suffers from CRPS following an injury 2 years ago and some of his time will be taken creating awareness of the condition.
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this is a lovely find this is Viola Odorata English violet wood violet look at those perfect little blue flowers lovely petals little heart-shaped leaves don’t eat the roots don’t eat the seeds maybe just stand and admire them as well as that chief chef in the background