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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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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…
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April & June 2024 Foraging & Tapas Taster Courses
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…
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Fungi Foray @ Linslade Woods & Plantation Woods
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…
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