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Helen Stiles
Published:
11:53 AM April 16, 2021
Only pick the wild garlic that you need, don t clear the area of it!
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Between mid- April and the end of May Dorset’s ancient woods and hedgerows are filled with the pungent smell of wild garlic (
Allium ursinum). It s also known as ramsons, buckram and wood garlic, as well as bear’s leek and bear’s garlic, the latter two refer to the
ursinum part of its Latin name, apparently brown bears, which no longer roam wild in the British Isles, loved to eat the garlic bulb.
Wild garlic can be used to make wild garlic butter to spread on bread and toast or stir through warm new potatoes