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  • Xmas Wild Edibles I’ve Been Munching On…

    Don’t let the dark, damp, cold winter weather put you off foraging. (Well, ok, let it put you off a bit.) There still a fair amount for us bush botherers to eat if you know where to look. Check out what I found on a 1-hour stroll around my local neighbourhood. PINE NEEDLES I make…

  • 3 Great Munchable Fungi – Bedfordshire in October

    Last weekend I made a mushroom risotto with Field Parasol, Amethyst Decievers and Common Puffball mushrooms. These are all great entry level fungi for the pot. They are easy to recognize and difficult to confuse with anything poisonous. Below is Field Parasol (Macrolepiota procera). They can be 30cm in diameter! Young ‘drumsticks’ on the left…

  • Go Gather for Baskets…

    This is a good time of year to collect basketry materials. Plants such as brambles are at their most tough and longest growth, yet still flexible. In case you didn’t know, bramble baskets are fairly easy to make and last a long time. The trick is to de-thorn them with some very tough gloves, a…

  • 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…

  • (Very Cautiously) Edible Tree of the Week: YEW

    When I say ‘caution’ I mean the same caution that lovers of Japanese pufferfish fugu must exhibit while enjoying their meal. Do you trust your chef?!! The only part of yew that you want to be eating is the aril, the fleshy red fruit that surrounds the black seed. DO NOT EAT THE SEED WITHIN.…