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Many easy to identify wild foods are ripe for the picking from August to October. That makes autumn the best time for beginners to start foraging. It’s mid-September and there’s a wild abundance in the hedgerows, parks, and municipal plantings. Just yesterday I noticed a tree covered in crab apples outside a local post office….
How to dry and use rose hips for tea. Tips on picking rose hips, three ways to dry them, and instructions on how to brew them in a tea pot It’s that time of year again and the hedgerows are heaving with fruit. With most people intent on collecting juicy blackberries, the bright red but…
This simple blackberry gin recipe uses just three ingredients and is perfect for late summer cocktails or stored for a Christmas tipple By Richard Chivers Across the country, the hedgerows are bursting with an abundance of blackberries. Harvested between August and Mid-October, blackberries grow wild throughout Europe. As many of us will do over the…
Instructions and recipe for sweet and citrusy elderflower champagne. One of the best wild-foraged drink recipes that you’ll ever try Making elderflower champagne is a lot easier than you’d imagine. All you need are freshly picked elderflowers, or dried ones in a pinch, champagne yeast and a few other ingredients. Once this recipe is finished…
How to find, pick, and use Wild Garlic in fresh spring dishes. This delicious wild edible is easy to identify and a must-have for any wild food forager. It’s late May and getting towards the tail end of wild garlic season. Each year this leafy green herb faithfully emerges from the forest floor, filling the…
How to forage for and preserve Porcini mushrooms, an easy to identify wild mushroom with delicious gourmet flavour Porcini, latin name Boletus edulis, are prized among wild mushrooms for their flavor. They’re richer and more mushroomy than any conventional mushroom and also extremely easy to identify. Known also as the Cep or the Pennybun, it…
Homemade potato dumplings flavored with wild mushrooms and served with a creamy mushroom and garlic sauce. A hearty dish with deep flavored wild mushrooms As summer fades into autumn, meal ideas begin turning to classic dishes that fill the belly and warm the soul. It’s also the time to forage for wild mushrooms and combining…