Red dead nettle – Edible
Snowberries – Not edible
Clover – Edible
Velvet shank mushroom – edible
Pelitory of the wall – Edible
Jelly ear mushroom – Edible
Jelly ear
Spring beauty
coastal plantain
Hairy bittercress – Edible
Hairy bittercress in flower – Still edible
sowthistle – Edible
Bittersweet – Avoid
December can be an odd month for edibles. Always lots of new growth for the nettles and dandylions, while it seems everything else just dies back. Sow thistles do seem to thrive over the colder months though. catch them while they are young!
Hairy bittercress is also about in everyones garden at the moment, and tender willowherb shoots can be picked in abundance. Daisys can be seen, along with the clovers, sorrels and ivy leaved toadsflaxs still!
