We’re right into foraging season now and will be running courses regularly for the next couple of months. We often get asked by our customers for tips on foraging so here’s a few things for you to think about and hopefully find useful. Foraging and the law There are a number of laws that you […]
I wrote a post a couple of years back on 5 easily identifiable plants for foraging and it’s turned out to be remarkably popular. On that basis, and to provide a little more help, here’s another 5 easily identifiable plants to forage. I’ve included plants that are around at the time of writing, or will […]
Another recipe using Alexanders after this one for an Alexander & wild chervil tart. Although Nicola also made a dip using wild chervil to go with it. Plus our first ramsons of the year!! Ingredients Small bunch of Alexanders (young shoots and lower leaves) 500g of potatoes 50g butter 100g of flour Chunks of cheddar […]
Wild chervil, or cow parsley, (Anthriscus sylvestris) is a plant we use regularly at this time of year. It has a dangerous lookalike in hemlock (Conium maculatum), so take a look at this post to help tell them apart. Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) were intoduced to the British Isles by the Romans. It’s most often found near the […]
We’ve been clearing the freezer of the last of the foraged fruits we collected last year, by turning it into jams and jellies, when we found some nettles that we’d forgotten about. We eat nettles a lot over the course of the year in many different ways, such as these puff pies. A couple of years ago […]
This vegan frittata with wild greens is a fantastic variation on the classic Italian frittata. And to be honest, you don’t need to be vegan to enjoy it either, it tastes wonderful. Ingredients 1 cup of gram (chickpea) flour 1 tsp of turmeric 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped 1 cooked potato, thinly sliced 1 […]
