I thought I’d experiment with adding the raw puree from rosehips into a fruit leather. You can add a ratio of 50% soft tasty fruits to 50% crabapples or hawthorn berries. Raw rosehips contain about 5 times more Vitamin C for their weight than an orange. If you cook them, the Vitamin C is boiled…

How do we clean our teeth when far from plastic and paste containing fluoride? I’m fresh from research for Backwoods Home and Bushcraft Magazine on this. It’s been great fun finding out how to make soap, kitchen scrubbers and tooth paste from wild plants. TWIG TOOTH BRUSHES I made twig tooth brushes out of various…

As promised, Here are some dates I’m running courses in April and June. We’ll be concentrating on Spring/Summer edibles and recipes, so lots of vitamin and mineral rich fresh shoots, leaves and flowers and what to do with them! If we find any Spring mushrooms we will deal with them too! This course is suitable…

Scored big on a walk across the heathland and woods today. Under the craggy branches of an Oak stood a proud Cep, or Penny Bun (Boletus edulis). Ceps are fairly easy to recognise. They are in the Bolete family. Most of the Boletes (but not all) are known by their pores under the cap. This…

This Mon in November I hopped out in the brilliant autumn sunshine…then submerged myself in the gloom of the dampest part of the wood. My mission – to scout out fantastic fungi. These inedible but pretty mushrooms above were found on Rammamere Heath, which is acid heathland and grass. The Earthballs (Scleroderma) on far right…

Hi all, I’ll be running a special fundraising Autumn Forage on Sun 19th Nov. All funds raised go to help UNICEF UK give aid to children in Gaza that are caught in the conflict. Learn about what you can eat from the wilderness, and support aid to victims of the Gaza bombardment. There will be…

After my wild swim with the Blue tits last week, I noticed several plant members of the Witch’s garden growing around the car park. Methinks somebody has done some secret sowing… (Probably someone whose Mum won’t let them keep it in the house.) Here’s what I found: TOBACCO (Nicotiana) The Tobacco plant is the most…

It’s not just food you can get out of our native plants. Stuck for soap or laundry detergent? Here’s two plants you can find in most places that will sort you out with soap. Horse chestnut and Ivy both contain saponins. These are technically mild poisons. The plant makes them to prevent you eating it.…

Some highlights from last Sat 21st’s Autumn Forage with Tapas Tasters. The new autumn Menu was: Rowan Jelly Soy & Sesame Burdock Root Battered Spiced Crabapples Horseradish Sauce Real Horseradish sauce is far hotter than anything you will find on the supermarket shelves! If you want your sinuses cleared, make wild foraged sauce. For the…