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Do Dock Leaves Really Work?

The question I’m always asked on my foraging walks when talking about the common broadleaf dock is “Do dock leaves really work?”, “Do dock leaves work on nettle stings? or “Why… Read More

Is sweet woodruff poisonous?

Posts about sweet woodruff are often accompanied by toxicity warnings and advice not to take it with warfarin or to check with your doctor first. So I thought an article… Read More

How do dock leaves work?

I’ve already written extensively about the right way to use dock and how powerfully it works. The trick being to use the gel found inside the young, furled leaf sheath… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

The Association of Foragers (www.foragers-association.org #AOF) was founded in 2015. It is an international professional foragers association, promoting sustainability and ecological stewardship through teaching and harvesting wild plants and fungi for… Read More

Wild Food Recipes

Homemade Bouillon Powders

Making your own bouillon could not be simpler. This process applies to any ingredient but I’ve started with wild mushrooms (in this case birch bolete) as they give an unrivalled… Read More

All Recipes, Seaweeds, Wild Food Recipes

How to Make Laverbread

Laverbread is not a bread. It is a thick paste made from laver seaweed that was traditionally spread on bread or toast. It has a very savoury, umami taste and, in… Read More

Edible Fungi, Wild Food Recipes

Wild Mushroom Pâté with Hen of the Woods

In late September it seems as if there’s a hen of the woods around every oak tree. I’ve found 8 in the last 4 days. It has a lovely almost… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Cooking with seaweed instead of tin foil

I’m on a mission to manage without tin foil when cooking, roasting and baking. Have you every thought about what goes into that shiny roll of foil paper? Firstly, you… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Getting Older, Staying Healthy

Just back from the magical island of Bequia. As in the UK, many of my friends there over 60 and some into their 80s. I find it really interesting to… Read More

Wild Food Recipes

Winter Chanterelle mushrooms

The last week of October. It’s dark by 6, there’s a chill in the air, and the trees are wearing their full autumn colours. The wild mushroom season is drawing… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Cowslip (Primula veris)

Inedible Fungi

Purple Stocking Webcap

Purple stocking webcap (Cortinarius mucifluoides) Pretty but not edible – may contains dangerous toxins. #fungi

Wild Food Recipes

Porcini Mushroom and Walnut Soup

This is an absolutely delicious soup. Ceps Boletus edulis and walnuts make perfect partners. It is also very quick and easy to make. Ingredients 1 onion 500 grams fresh porcini… Read More

Workshops

Fields and Forests Project – Cream Recipes

Making Flower Creams The recipes from the Summer workshop will be posted soon. In the meantime gather the petals of flowers. Many flowers have both therapeutic and scent properties. Those… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

New Forest fungi picking ban by the Forestry Commission

Aside from the lurid media “Aliens Ate My Fungi” headlines, the alleged criminal gangs sweeping the forests, the unsubstantiated evils of fungi picking on conservation, the misreported fungi poisoning statistics… Read More