Eating burdock roots is a great way to get your daily intake of carbohydrates. Burdock (Arctium lappa) is often found along woodland rides, hedgerows, verges and waste ground and is a fairly distinctve plant. If you’re not sure take a look at this post I wrote a few years back that highlights the differences […]
Hogweed (Heracleum sphondilium) is a common plant in the British Isles and can be found along verges, in hedgerows, tracks and on the sides of fields. It’s fairly recognisable but take care not to confuse it with giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum). We’re eating hogweed regularly at this time of year, it’s one of my favourite […]
This video was shot on a spring forage we lead in April 2019. It was taken by Nick Shallcross, who we sincerely thank. You can see from what we’re all wearing that it was still a little chilly, look carefully at the start of the video and you can see sleet! The next weekend we […]
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 […]
