I have just treated myself to this book by Alys Fowler.
Several of the plants mentioned grow in my garden. I'll ignore the spinach type ones. I have swiss chard free seeding in the garden, so I have no need of anything else spinach-like.
There is featured in the book the stag's Horn sumach/velvet sumach, which looks like the tree I pass on the way to the bus stop. I'll have to check it is not the varnish tree (same family) which is toxic.
The red fruits of the stag's horn sumach are soaked in water for several hours with a little honey or sugar to make a lemon-like drink.
It seems a long time to wait before I can start putting this book to use.
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