Pignuts (Conopodium majus) are in the carrot family and can be found in woodlands (where I mostly find them) as well as sometimes in hedgerows and grassland. They have a small chestnut like tuber that is edible. Remember that in the UK you must have the landowner’s permission before you uproot any plant. Also think […]
When we’re running our foraging courses we often get asked whether we’re looking at hawthorn or blackthorn. So in this short video I take a look at the differences between the two. It’s worth knowing the differences between them as whilst they both produce an edible fruit, what you might do with those fruits is […]
Bushcraft has a strong and tangible link to natural history. For our hunter gatherer ancestors, the forest was the supermarket, the chemist, DIY shop, tailors, it was all out there. I often suggest to our customers that trees are a good place to start with natural history as it’s a managable number. And that identifying […]
Under most circumstances I’ll use a saw to prune a tree, you can see a video on the subject here. But there might be times, and I’m really thinking about last resort scenarios, where you might have to look at removing a hazel stem with a knife. So in this video I show you how […]
In this video I make some wild garlic sauce. We tend to make 5 or 6 jars of it during the spring and pop them in the fridge. This means that we have plenty to see us through until the following season. It works really well to rub into meat before cooking, with new potatoes, […]
