HEDGEWITCH ADVENTURES

H.A. Field Courses 2026 About Hedgewitch Kat

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  • Lemon ‘Mallow Melokhia Magic’..MMM.

    Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) is everywhere on disturbed soil and path edges. The leaves are wide and hand-like – if your hand was that of an Martian tiger! They have a deep red dot in the centre. The flowers are blowsy light pink with triangular petals. The triangle theme carries on in the brown, wheel…

  • Foraging Adventure with Maulden Women’s Institute

    This May I ran a foraging course for Maulden Women’s Institute. We met at a little known countryside idyll and found Pineapple May weed, Ground Ivy and Nettle, all delicious as tea, before we had even left the car park. We also found Hemlock, a lethally poisonous plant used as an execution poison by the…

  • NEW MAY COURSE DATES

    If you missed the last Spring forages (or were on the postponed ones due to my mum breaking her arm the day before!!) Here are links to some extra dates. Plus here’s an extra date for Make Your Own Wild Kimchi. Kids are half price …see Eventbrite for more courses and links. Happy foraging xx…

  • The Swiss Army Knife Of Plants: Reedmace for Bushcraft Magazine

    It’s almost time to harvest the immature green flower heads of Reedmace (May is the peak season generally). I’ve become a regular contributor to Bushcraft & Survival Skills Magazine over the last 2 or 3 years, with over 8 articles published in the UK’s premier bushcraft publication. Watch out for an unflattering pic of yours…

  • Spring Foraging With Tapas & Wild Kimchi courses Easter

    HI All, I’m running some Spring Foraging With Tapas & Wild Kimchi short courses this April 6th and 7th. Kids are half price and under 5s are free. Learn self sufficiency with wild foods! My courses are all on Eventbrite under my business name ‘Hedgewitch Adventures ‘. Here’s the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/hedgewitch-adventures-36975508353 Check out my blog…

  • Turmeric Jack Raisin ‘Fermentomelette’ 😉

    It’s time to get out in the spring sun and get foraging for vitamin and mineral packed young shoots and leaves. For a quick power lunch, try this omelette open sandwich I made with a lacto-ferment filling. Delicious! First, make your ferment. This needs doing a week before you add it to any recipes! Lacto-fermentation…

  • Make Your Own Herbal Medicine: Sat 20th July

    You’ll be amazed at how many natural medicines peep out of UK hedgerows and waysides. Remedies for the heart, skin, hair & nails,…antihistamines, diuretics and vermifuges (to remove worms) they’re all out there. On this course we’ll be foraging our own medicinal herbs. We’ll then head back to our base at the lovely countryside Globe…

  • Track & Sign Course with Pippin & Gile

    Here’s some pics from when I went on a Track and Sign course with Pippin & Gile in October. Tracking is learning about the footprints of animals. Sign is other markings and evidence they have made – which includes a lot of poo! Our tutors Jason and Lizzy took us to a badger sett and…

  • Raw Heart Healthy Rosehip & Haw Berry Leather

    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…

  • Wild Woods,Herbs & Minerals for Clean Teeth

    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…