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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

How to become a Herbalist

If you want to train or study to become a professional medical herbalist, there are a few routes open to you. However, first you need to think about what you… Read More

Thoughts and Musings

Thoughts on the Winter Solstice

On Thursday 21 December at 16:28 GMT the sun reaches the position of the Winter Solstice. The word ‘solstice’ comes from the Latin solstitium meaning ‘sun standing still’. It is the… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Feverfew – Chrysanthemum parthenium

Feverfew is excellent as a preventative for recurrent headaches. Research has shown that this is probably due to it having a beneficial effect on the platelet clumping implicated in migraines.… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Horsetail – an ancient plant with healing properties

This weekend I noticed horsetail Equisetum arvensis poking up, making its first appearance of the year. It’s a natural source of silica and very good for strengthening hair, bone and… Read More

Workshops

Fields and Forests Project – Flower Waters

Fields and Forests Project – Flower Water Gather flowers in the early morning. Later in the day, the heat of the day may have evaporated some of the essential oils… Read More

Wild Booze Recipes

Rowan Berry Wine

Ingredients 2.25 kg rowan berries 1.2 kg finely granulated sugar 1 large lemon (zest and juice only) (or 2.5 tsp acid blend) 1/2 tbsp pectic enzyme 1 tsp yeast nutrient 1… 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

Wild Medicine Info

Why do dogs eat grass…

… and other animal medicine stories! Just today a man phoned me from Canada. He wanted to let me know how good he thought Napiers Joint Ability Herbal Remedy was.… Read More

Wild Nutrition Facts

Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)

Elder flowers make a delicate pleasant tasting infusion, whether drunk as a tea, used to flavour sorbets, or boiled lightly with caster sugar to make a diluting cordial. Diluted with… Read More

All Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

Alexanders Soup

Print Yum Alexanders 'Smyrnium' Soup Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 20 minutesTotal Time: 30 minutes 6Serving Size: 320 ml A really delicious fragrant soup that makes the most of the… Read More

Wild Food Recipes

Marinated Burdock Root

Ingredients 10 slim burdock roots 120 ml rice or white wine vinegar 120 ml miso or stock 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons medium soy sauce 1/4 teaspoon salt Nettle seed (traditionally sesame seed) Directions Peel… Read More

Wychmoss - the Project

Lady’s Smock – Cardamine pratensis

This is Lady’s Smock also known as Cuckoo Flower. It is a meadow and riverside field plant that flowers in the late spring. It is fabulous in salads as it… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Bone Stock with Seaweed

We’ve got out of the habit of making stock but at one time they were an indispensable part of cooking. Nowadays there are stock cubes and gravy powders, cup-a-soups and… Read More