A simple recipe to make wild mediterranean big beans using foraged plants. This has quickly become one of my favourites! Ingredients 150g of prepared nettles 10g of cow parsley, leaves and stalks, finely chopped 1 tbsp of wild marjoram, finely chopped (if you can’t find wild marjoram, use 1 tsp of dried oregano) 1 red […]
A couple of days ago I was out and about wandering in the woods and came across a lovely patch of wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) and so stopped and ate a little! You might also want to take a look at this post which provides a few hints and tips for foraging. Depending on the time […]
Ramsons, otherwise known as wild garlic, is one of my favourite foraged foods and after a 10 month wait the leaves are appearing again. But there are other plants that grow amongst the ramsons that you need to be wary of. Watch this video to find out more. You might also want to take a […]
This weeks post is about bushcraft uses for wild cherry, including as a wild edible, a tinder and for carving. We take a walk around our woodland looking at trees and their uses, including wild cherry, on many of our courses, such as our1 Day Bushcraft Fundamentals,2 Day Bushcraft Courses and our 5 Day Bushcraft Courses. […]
Here’s a short video where I show you how to tell apart hornbeam and beech buds We take a walk around our woodland looking at trees and their uses, including how to tell apart hornbeam and beech buds, on many of our courses, such as our 1 Day Bushcraft Fundamentals, 2 Day Bushcraft Courses and […]
For me bushcraft is about exploring and understanding the natural world. I often try to imagine life for our hunter gather ancestors, looking out of their shelters into the forest and knowing that the supermarket, DIY shop, chemist and clothes shop are all out there, it’s just a case of what to look for, where […]
