Foraging

I managed to get out yesterday afternoon in between the showers, I have half a bucket of rose hips drying in the dehumidifier :D I'm hoping it will be reasonably dry today so I can go and collect a glut of nettles to stick in the airing cupboard. I'm thinking next year I should probably go out in the spring for young shoots of things to dry for the following winter, shoots are a bit past their best now.
 
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We have no airing cupboard so how could I dry. Seems silly buying it when I can pick it and watch her spit it out.
 
newforest said:
We have no airing cupboard so how could I dry. Seems silly buying it when I can pick it and watch her spit it out.
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In the oven on a really low heat, whatever your ovens lowest setting is, and leave the door cracked open :) I brought my dehumidifier from amazon 2 or 3 years ago for under 20 quid, its saved me that already though it is a bit bulky to store. Any warm well ventilated heat source should work, even on a radiator in a tub to capture the heat (but not moisture) should work :)
 
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I tried collecting and drying nettles one year. The horses were less than impressed lol. I may try rose hips to see if they like those any better.
 
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Mine likes dried nettles. I fed those while on box rest. I feed any herb that poked it's head up from memory. She only had muck out time to nibble grass.
 
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I've got windfall apples in the dehumidifier tonight, if they dry well theres tons of them, the neds aren't allowed lots of apples but if I can preserve them they can have little morsels all winter :D
 
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