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Apiaceae of the Angels

Angelica (Angelica archangelica) – sometimes called common angelica or “angel’s herb” – is a striking, statuesque biennial in the carrot family (Apiaceae) with a long history of culinary, medicinal, and… Read More

The Super Powers of Stinging Nettle Seed

This article was written for the first of Reforesting Scotland’s biannual journal of 2018. Reforesting Scotland is a membership organisation encouraging free and open debate on a wide range of… Read More

The Wildbiome Project Results

The Wildbiome Project involved members of the Association of Foragers participating in a citizen science research study. They ate only wild food for either 3 months or 1 month. They… Read More

Wild Food Recipes

Field mushrooms by the pailful

When our local farmer told me there were field mushrooms “by the pail’fer in the files next to the sheep” he wasn’t joking! This was a lucky meeting a the… Read More

All Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

Spruce Pine Honey

I love the fresh growth on pines, spruce and larch and make fresh, citrussy-pine needle teas from the young needles. I also adore this spruce ‘honey’ (a pouring pine syrup),… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

Find out more about horsetail Equisetum arvensis here.

Wild Food Recipes

Wild Vegetable Rennet

“Blessed be the cheese makers, for they shall inherit the earth!” Life of Brian. Want to make your own cottage cheese or cream cheese? Although you can’t forage milk, without… Read More

Wild Food Recipes

Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

A Taste Like None Other Of all the plants I eat, people are most suspicious of Common Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium. It’s got an undeserved reputation because of a sinister relative that… Read More

Wild Food Recipes, Wild Medicine Info

Rose hips: Winter ‘Vitamin C’ Syrup

Rose hips are extremely high in Vitamin C and also contain Vitamins A, D (made by sunshine and often missing in the winter months) and E, as well as antioxidants.… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Escape from the City to the Sea

To discover the peace and tranquility of Lambay and let the wildness of nature restore your body and mind, get away from the… Read More

Wild Food Recipes

Manna of Sicily

Manna of Sicily ~ Tapping the Ash ‘Manna of Sicily’, if you can buy it – extremely hard these days – was traditionally stocked in European pharmacies. It is white… Read More

All Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

Seeds and Weeds Crackers Recipe

This is my Mark II revision of these fantastic, versatile little crackers. Honestly, you’ll never buy crisps or junk biscuits again! They are so tasty and go well down a… Read More

Materials & Suppliers, Workshops

Where to buy Ingredients and Equipment

Fields and Forests Project – Equipment and Supplies Supplies can be bought at NAPIERS THE HERBALISTS www.napiers.net – Essential oils, dried herbs, etc. Also two shops in Edinburgh and one… Read More

Wild Food Recipes, Wild Nutrition Facts

Eat your greens. They really are good for you!

There’s a lot more to eating greens than making sure you have enough dietary fibre and vitamin A. I think the majority of people think of their daily vegetables as… Read More

All Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

Chilli Haw Ketchup

This is one helluva ketchup meets brown sauce baby. There is nothing like Chilli Haw Ketchup to put some fire in the belly this winter. It’s got an amazing taste,… Read More