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  • 6 Roots You Can Eat In Winter (If Trump Destroys the World…)

    If the world system fails, which looks increasingly likely with the behaviour of certain grown-up toddlers… be apocalypse-ready. Winter food Winter is traditionally the time to harvest roots. Plants store energy in the form of carbohydrates by stocking it up in their roots, bulbs, corms, tubers or rhizomes. Don’t worry about the terminology, unless you…

  • My Foraging Journal:November

    A bit belated this one. October is a busy month for foragers in temperate zones. I’ve been testing out brambles for various types of basketry for 2 bushcraft/homesteading magazines. Brambles are hard-wearing if you can evade and conquer the thorns! The best time to harvest bramble for this is actually summer, as they are more…

  • How Can We GIVE BACK to Nature?

    It’s ever more important to realise that as foragers we are part of the cycle of life, not looking down on it, not the broken end of a chain of energy. When you first start foraging, you may not feel this way. However, as time goes on and you become more attuned to the plants,…

  • FLOWER POWER :H.A.Foraging Journal July Pt 1

    June and July are such busy months for the forager! Below are some things you might like to try that I’ve been doing. 1.Fortify yourself with St John’s Wort! I infused some St John’s Wort, the Midsummer Flower according to Shakespeare’s ‘Midsummer Nights Dream’. I infused it in lemon gin. I actually don’t like gin,…