Foraging for wild food is a brilliant way to get outside and interacting with our natural environment, and over the next few weeks nature’s larder will explode in an abundance…
WILD FOOD
Hunter sausage rolls is a great recipe for introducing kids to cooking with wild game meats. Super easy to make, game is great value for money and has high nutritional…
Regular readers will remember that back in June I was given a fabulous hoard of wild horseradish roots.
Mead is the oldest alcoholic drink known to man. It is made from honey and water, and is fermented through the action of yeast. Traditionally, wild yeasts would have been…
We all want beautiful, healthy skin, as proved by the overwhelming array of skin products available to us in the shops. But did you know that man has been using…
A herb is defined as a plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers that are used for flavouring, food, medicine, fragrance or other useful applications. There are lots of reasons to…
Meadowsweet is just starting to flower in our British hedgerows. It is a wonderful herb, with a beautiful fragrance, which, in my opinion, easily rivals that of the Elderflower.
This morning I had a lovely surprise. I got back from the school run, to find a foraging friend of mine waiting for me with a bag full of wild…
This recipe for nettle fruit leather is one of my own concoctions. The idea came to me while pondering on what I could do with the nettle residue you are…
This week we have been focusing on trees when we’ve been out and about. We started by trying our hand at some bark rubbings.
The wonderful peppery flavour of Nasturtium leaves, works really well in this simple and quick pesto recipe. This recipe can be adapted for any flavoursome leaf that you fancy. This…