Rosehips are the fruits found on roses, and they are ready at around this time of year. They’re rich in Vitamin C and rosehip syrup is very tasty. This photo is of people collecting rosehips on our autumn foraging course. You might want to take a look at this post on different edible fruits and […]
A quick and easy recipe to make delicious chestnut and mushroom soup. We made this for lunch at the weekend on our 2 Day Fruits & Fungus Forage. The photo below is Milly, Megan and Sam foraging for field mushrooms on a somewhat windswept morning! Ingredients Serves 4 Olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 2 […]
I often use various herbal ointments that we’ve made ourselves so in this video I show you how to make a herbal ointment using self heal (Prunella vulgaris). It’s a great little plant and the ointment made from it can be used on cuts and sores as well as aches and pains. The 2 ointments […]
Nicola had some spare self heal infused olive oil and so decided to make a cream. Self heal (Prunella vulgaris) is a small, low, creeping herb, a member of the dead nettles and has the familiar square stem and a delicate purple flower. It seems to favour some sun and grows abundantly along the woodland […]
I wrote a post last year with a few common plants that can be used in a herbal tea, so take a look at it. In this video I made a simple herbal infusion for hayfever using ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) and nettle (Urtica dioica) leaves. Whilst it’s good for dealing with hayfever, it’s also […]
Cordage is everywhere in our normal lives to the extent that we take it for granted, but in a wilderness or survival situation it’s invaluable. Being able to produce high quality cordage from natural materials is a great bushcraft skill to possess. I’ve written about preparing nettles to make cordage previously in this post but […]
