Let's go foraging
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wayward bob
i ate all your bees
having not read the thread can anyone enlighten me on the morality/ownership issues of "foraging"?
are fruit trees in a public area allowable for scrumping or no?
are fruit trees in a public area allowable for scrumping or no?
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
I take it you're darn sarf? Still green here up north.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
I do. Found some plum trees. Might as well take advantage of this mask wearinghaving not read the thread can anyone enlighten me on the morality/ownership issues of "foraging"?
are fruit trees in a public area allowable for scrumping or no?
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
feeling like a sucker for passing up perfectly decent pears thinking they belonged to whoever keeps the toilets 
Absolutely. The fruit is yours for the pickinghaving not read the thread can anyone enlighten me on the morality/ownership issues of "foraging"?
are fruit trees in a public area allowable for scrumping or no?
Lancashire. They're green still in most of the area, but for some reason there's a load of ripe ones down a disused footpath near my house - planning on going back with bags
I've been in East Anglia this week, still very green too.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
The marshes near me (Hackney/Leyton/Walthamstow) are heavy with blackberries atm, every time I go out there, picking is happening. We had a very nice crumble out of ours.
heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
I tried some sea arrowgrass the other day. It tasted like coriander! Apparently it contains cyanide though
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Cyanide never did me any harm.I tried some sea arrowgrass the other day. It tasted like coriander! Apparently it contains cyanide though
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Does it taste at all almondy ?I tried some sea arrowgrass the other day. It tasted like coriander! Apparently it contains cyanide though
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
There is a huge one next to one of my local bars and two nespra trees. There's lots of fig trees along the lanes here as well and pomegranate trees .
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I've always wanted to try medlars - since discovering that accidentally bletted pears are nice with muesli... I'm forever chewing on similar rosacea fruits when out and about, but they're always bland ...
EDIT:- I'm guessing you're actually referring to loquat ?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
When we were kids scrumping was the thing to do . Everyone did it some people would just leave fruit outside the back alleys with a note saying 'take these but dont come in the garden'. I remeber one year we broke into a big conservatory in the posh houses at the top end of where we lived and took load of grapes and the owner came out with an air rifle and started taking shots at us as we climbed over the walls.having not read the thread can anyone enlighten me on the morality/ownership issues of "foraging"?
are fruit trees in a public area allowable for scrumping or no?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
God knows where you find those. There was a time when I used to see medlar trees advertised in seed and fruit magazines along with quinces ( which there are loads of here they make them into 'marmalade' to have with cheese)
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I'm somewhat annoyed that I'm back at work and not only did they prune the lower branches off the mulberry tree, it appears to have been a hopelessly bad year for them ...
The opposite here, ridiculous amounts of fruit on both trees I've come across. Guy in my mum's village is sending out texts begging people to come and help themselves from his garden.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Sadly the yellow plum tree at work apparently lost all its blossom this year - not one fruit 
There are unripe walnuts falling off the tree in the park though ...
There are unripe walnuts falling off the tree in the park though ...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
They're littering the pavement near me - sadly a tad sour ...
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
At our friend's there's a nespra tree that no-one ever bothers with. There's also a lemon tree, you can reach the lemons from the bedroom. There's an orange tree, but it's Sevilla oranges. Figs are everywhere, you often see them dropping onto the floor because there's so many no-one can be bothered with them. The problem with the figs is that they are often in peoples gardens and overhanging the street.
Fez909
toilet expert
I was visiting me dad in Boro yesterday and some in his garden were fully ripe and tasted amazing. I've also eaten a few in N Yorkshire on Sat - plenty of ripe ones about in da Norf.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
ON my phone that looked like a tyre full of brambles. Which would have been amazing.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
I think you should be OK, as long as you don't take the piss.feeling like a sucker for passing up perfectly decent pears thinking they belonged to whoever keeps the toilets
I have a huge blackberry and honeysuckle hedge at the end of my allotment which fronts the street...and is usually picked clean on the public side (I tend to leave it because I planted it for bird nesting...although that has been my nemesis). Whilst sitting in my shed with a cup of tea, I was amazed to see a long, hooked pole (like those projector screen poles) poke over the top and hook branches over to the street side. I never actually saw who was doing it cos I attached the hose and gave them a blast (they fucked off sharpish). .Someone comes and picks the roses, which lean over the fence at the other end, every year. And the plums. I don't really mind - it was the fact that someone had come ready prepared for fruit robbery which boiled my piss a bit
heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
I found a beauty of a pear tree today. Came home with 9.5lbs of pears!
