by Ruby Taylor | Mar 28, 2025 | Forage of the Month
Cleavers & Nettle Spring Tonic. I’ve been watching the cleavers and nettles in my garden over the last few weeks, waiting for them to get big enough to start harvesting for this, my all time favourite thing to make as spring arrives. Cleavers and nettles...
by Ruby Taylor | Feb 17, 2025 | Forage of the Month
Bramble Tips Lots of us know bramble as the blackberry bush, the one that gives us those delicious autumnal berries that stain our fingers and tongues. Bramble plants are vigorous and plentiful in their growing habit, and the hardiness of the plant means it has a...
by Ruby Taylor | Nov 25, 2024 | 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 loads of recipes for rose hip syrup… but if you want to preserve their goodness without using...
by Ruby Taylor | Oct 31, 2024 | 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 | Sep 1, 2024 | Forage of the Month
Fruit Leather Fruit leather is a really popular snack and easy to carry around with you. It’s 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 incredibly...
by Ruby Taylor | Aug 7, 2024 | Forage of the Month
Pendulous Sedge Crackers. These taste delicious and are easy to make. I experimentd to create a savoury and a sweet version, and my recipes are inspired by Mo Wilde and Pascal Bauder. Pendulous sedge (Carex pendula), also known as weeping sedge, is native to the UK...