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  • Xmas Wild Edibles I’ve Been Munching On…

    Don’t let the dark, damp, cold winter weather put you off foraging. (Well, ok, let it put you off a bit.) There still a fair amount for us bush botherers to eat if you know where to look. Check out what I found on a 1-hour stroll around my local neighbourhood. PINE NEEDLES I make…

  • 3 Great Munchable Fungi – Bedfordshire in October

    Last weekend I made a mushroom risotto with Field Parasol, Amethyst Decievers and Common Puffball mushrooms. These are all great entry level fungi for the pot. They are easy to recognize and difficult to confuse with anything poisonous. Below is Field Parasol (Macrolepiota procera). They can be 30cm in diameter! Young ‘drumsticks’ on the left…

  • Autumn Foraging With Tapas

    October dates for foraging those nuts, seeds, fruits and roots. Same deal as usual, kids 5 to 15 half price. We’ll be learning about autumn wild edibles outdoors, with recipes to take home (via email to save the environment and me having to use the library printer as I live on a boat), and tasting…

  • EXTRA DATE: Autumn Natural Dyes Course 9th Nov

    Hi all, I have put up an extra date due to the first course going so well.. .Children 12 to 15 are still half price, buy tickets for them on Eventbrite or PayPal to hedgewitchkat@hedgewitchadventures Due to hot liquids and gas cookers, no kids under 12 please. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-your-own-natural-dyes-tickets-951438015717

  • Go Gather for Baskets…

    This is a good time of year to collect basketry materials. Plants such as brambles are at their most tough and longest growth, yet still flexible. In case you didn’t know, bramble baskets are fairly easy to make and last a long time. The trick is to de-thorn them with some very tough gloves, a…

  • Foraging in Madagascar

    Apologies to all, I have been away a long time. The summer, however, has not been wasted. after 3 and a half weeks in the tropics, I bring you a handy guide to foraging for wild tropical foods. These are the foods you are likely to find in tropical regions with a monsoon season. On…

  • Natural Dyes…Colours from the Wilderness

    At the moment I have been making dye samples for my Wild Dyes course at the Globe this Sat afternoon. I only use non toxic mordants (though you don’t want alum in your eyes)! As well as collecting wild dye plants, we’ll be learning to use mordants and how to change colours by changing the…

  • Summer Foraging & Kimchi pics June

    Taught some lovely people this weekend, including a paramedic, a biochemist, someone who works in international theatre and people that work with PRU units to make work opportunities for teenagers. I changed the tapas menu for Sat : this June we sampled Steamed Hogweed Flower Beetroot Club Sticks, Estonian Potato Nettle Cakes and Elderflower Jelly…

  • LONGBOWMAN : Interviewing Terry Clent for Bushcraft Magazine

    I interviewed longbow instructor Terry for the latest issue of Bushcraft Magazine UK. This will be the 8th article I have written for this prestigious magazine, and the work is ongoing. Terry lives on a narrowboat like me and we’ve known each other for a decade. He was kind enough to teach my son how…

  • JUNE Course dates

    I’m running some more Summer courses…click the ticket links to book! Begin or continue your Wild Food education with Hedgewitch Kat of Hedgewitch Adventures. Check out “Summer Foraging With Tapas Tasters” on Eventbrite! Date: Sat, 1 Jun, 10:00 Location: The Globe Inn Check out “Make Your Own Wild Kimchi” on Eventbrite! Date: Sun, 2 Jun,…