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 | Feb 2, 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...