Salt Marsh Foraging Pt 2

Clockwise from left: Arrowgrass Seeds, Sea Asters, Sea Purslane, Fat Hen, Sea Plantain, Arrowgrass Stalks, Common Orache 

The change in season brings with it lots of different edible plants. Out goes the sea beet and in comes the sea arrowgrass, sea plantain and the common orache has matured it's a better size and texture to eat.

Not long until marsh samphire season either. 

The plants that grow in salt marshes are not only unusual, fleshy and a vivid green colour, but their textures tend to have more of a crunch as well as a naturally occurring salty flavour.

Basically if you are vegetarian and missing seafoods these are the plants that you want to be looking for.

Alternatively, if you already eat fish, these will compliment it beautifully. 

They are not only extortionate to buy from the shop/fish merchant but they are so abundant in the wild so there's really not much point in wasting your money (unless, of course you don't live anywhere near marshlands) 

Scurvy grasses are also an excellent find in these environments, but the best thing about it in my opinion, is that you will come home with a new edible plant each time. Not necessarily finding what you're looking for is a definite blessing.