Woodland Cooking


Puffball or earthball?

Here in Kent puffballs are in plentiful supply. And whilst they’re relatively straightforward to identify, they can be confused with earthballs. So here’s a few pointers on figuring out if it’s a puffball or earthball. We look at telling if it’s a puffball or earthball on our 1 day foraging course as well as on our IOL Bushcraft […]

puffball or earthball

yew berries | fruit and nuts | foraging | Kent | south east | London

Yew berries

As a conifer, yew (Taxus baccata) doesn’t produce a true berry but rather a modified cone in which the scales have fused together. Whilst all other parts of yew are poisonous, the berry is edible, except the seed inside which is poisonous. We look at yew berries on our 1 day foraging course as well as on […]