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...
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 | 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 | 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...