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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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