Apr 23, 2023Foraging infoGuidance for safe foraging of wild food in the UKForaging for wild food is a great way to get outside and enjoy nature, while learning about the plants and animals that make up our...
Apr 3, 2023HedgerowStinging Nettle - Urtica DioicaGaelic: Deanntag (pronounced like jan-tach) Dear nettles have a special place in my heart. Like most people I grew up wary of them and...
Feb 20, 2023Tri-cornered Leeks Onion Weed, Three Cornered Leeks, Wild Leeks - Allium triquetrum These delicious wee gems are one of my favourite wild greens. They are...
Nov 1, 2022MushroomsBirch PolyporeI have a special affection for this mushroom because it has been used as medicine for at least 5,000 years. Plus it's the only mushroom...
Pepper Dulse - Osmundea PinnatifidaThis Spring Tide in March 2024 shall be known as the time of Pepper Dulse. I’ve been gathering it, nibbling it, washing it, drying it and...
Dryad’s Saddle- Pheasant Back, Cerioporus squamosus It is late June on the Isle of Arran and many UK wild foods are flourishing. The mushroom foraging...
Guidance for safe foraging of wild food in the UKForaging for wild food is a great way to get outside and enjoy nature, while learning about the plants and animals that make up our...
Foraging Japanese Knotweed: A Controversial DelicacyJapanese knotweed, a plant with a notorious reputation for being invasive and destructive, has sparked a heated debate among foragers,...