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Birch Bark Basketry…how our ancestors would have stored dried foods
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make natural containers to store food? Birch Bark has been used for making many objects in times gone by, with its antibacterial properties and breathability helping foods to stay fresh. It can be used to boil water over an open camp fire, yet the natural oils within…
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‘What A Silly Little Thing Is Love’: Rosehips, Fruits Within Strife
It’s that time of year when the crimson fruits of our native wild Rosa canina, or wild Dog Rose, are starting to soften or ‘blet’ in the colder air. Humans have been scoffing these rose hips since the dawn of civilisation – a 2000 year old English corpse has been discovered with rose hip seeds…
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Fungi Foray Oct 28th (Family Friendly)@ Hedgewitch Adventures
2 hours Introduction to Fungi with Phil Austin. Check out “Fungi Foray (Family Friendly)” on Eventbrite! Date: Fri, 28 Oct, 10:00 Location: Bridgewater Monument, Ashridge Estate
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Fungi Foray Oct 22nd@ Hedgewitch Adventures
Check out “Fungi Foray” on Eventbrite! Date: Sat, 22 Oct, 10:00 Location: Bridgewater Monument, Ashridge Estate
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Fungi Foray Oct 16th @ Hedgewitch Adventures
Check out “Fungi Foray” on Eventbrite! Date: Sun, 16 Oct, 10:00 Location: Bridgewater Monument, Ashridge Estate
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NEW October Forage & Tapas dates:
If you missed September’s Forages With Tapas, I have two more dates below. Yes, they are on Fridays. I know weekends are better for people, but I’m a single parent and my Mum lives in Surrey, so it is hard to find child care. If you wouldn’t mind paying more (i.e. £35 rather than £25,…
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Autumn Forage With Tapas Tasters, Sept 16th @ The Globe, Linslade, UK
Had a lovely day taking some already quite knowledgable people out for an Autumn Foraging Course. (Thankfully I was still able to teach them something!) Two were returners from my Summer courses. We traversed the towpath, taking in the delights of Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria), which is a maligned and invasive superfood brought over by…
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Bushcraft L’Escargot…
Yes, I mean eating snails. Known as ‘l’escargot’ by our French neighbours, snails are also eaten as a luxury dish in India, Nigeria, Portugal and Asia. Considering how much easier and safer it is to collect them compared to pegging it after a leaping deer Bear Grylls style, you would do well not to turn…
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We’re Stronger When We Share: FARM HACK 2022 @ Tolhurst Organic
Right, I’m going out on a slightly less than usual limb here for this blog. Readers may not have realised that underpinning much of what I write about foraging is a slow yet powerful current of land activism. My intention is that once we are directly connected to the land by our meals it comes…
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5 Best Nuts To Forage this Autumn!
Hi all and welcome back after the summer ‘break’ (who’s kidding when you have children). Here I’m going to show you how you can get out from Sept onwards and find free, delicious, safe and nutritious food from British hedgerows and waysides. Chances are you’ve been walking past some of these every day on the…
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