by Ruby Taylor | Feb 6, 2026 | Forage of the Month
Late winter wild greeens There are a surprising number of tasty wild greens to forage in these late winter months. Here are some that grow plentifully around most gardens / allotments. Many of them are best eaten raw in salad, but a couple are good for cooking or...
by Ruby Taylor | Nov 10, 2025 | Forage of the Month
Rosehip Vinegar This is a favourite, super-easy recipe. It comes from ‘Hedgerow Medicine’ by friends Julie and Matthew Bruton-Seal. You can easily find recipes for rose hip syrup… but if you want to preserve their goodness without using sugar this is...
by Ruby Taylor | Sep 28, 2025 | Forage of the Month
Birch Polypore This is the wild mushroom that’s in the soup we cook on the fire for lunch on my woodland courses. Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) is also known as razor strop fungus, birch conk, birch bracket. It’s valued for its medicinal properties and my...
by Ruby Taylor | Aug 1, 2025 | Forage of the Month
Fruit Leather. This is a really popular snack that’s easy to carry around with you. Fruit leather is basically thin, pliable sheets of dehydrated fruit puree with a flexible consistency (like leather). But don’t buy it in the shops because it’s...
by Ruby Taylor | Jun 26, 2025 | Forage of the Month
Nettle Seeds. Nettles are a truly amazing plant. They’re a valuable food source for key butterfly species, and also edible for humans, plus their fibres are very strong and good for making cordage and textiles. Over recent years, the big nettle patch at the end...
by Ruby Taylor | May 5, 2025 | Forage of the Month
Nettle Soup This is my favourite nettle soup recipe of all time. The green peas are the game changer: their creamy sweetness balances perfectly with the robust flavour of the nettles. Nettles are plentiful, easy to forage and packed full of nutrition. Pick the leaves...