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What is The Wildbiome® Project

What is the Wildbiome Project? A series of measured dietary studies on the effects on foragers from eating only wild foods. No UPFs nor modern foods!

New Year’s greeting to all

I know I’ve been very quiet over the Juul period and haven’t written for a while. That’s mainly been down to two things: being away and being in darkness. I… Read More

The Wildbiome Project

The Wildbiome Project is a series of citizen-science studies on the effects of eating only wild food. This includes effects on the human body, our gut microbiome and, from the… Read More

Wild Food Recipes

How to pickle Ash Keys

Make a pickling vinegar by heating – in a Bain Marie – all your favourite spices with one spoon of soft brown sugar and a pinch of salt per cup… Read More

All Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

Laver Cakes Recipe

This is a delicious breakfast snack. A twist on an old Scottish breakfast classic and a great way of making sure that you get your daily dose of the vital… Read More

Edible Fungi

The Mushrooms are Back!

Watching the tractors out mowing and baling in the fields fills me with dread, knowing that summer is drawing to a close and winter is on its way. So the… Read More

Wild Booze Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

Foragers Dió Pálinka aka Green Walnut Grappa

Green Walnut Grappa Adapted from a Dió Pálinka (Walnut Brandy) recipe that I tried in a Hungarian cellar at Somló – amongst many others!! Pálinka is traditionally a fruit brandy but… 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

All Recipes, Seaweeds, Wild Food Recipes

Potted Winkles

Here are some recipes for your steamed winkles including my favourite, Potted Winkles. As a guide to quantities, one large mug will contain about 95 winkles, which will weigh about… Read More

Wild Food Recipes

Cleavers and Red Pepper Soup

Print Yum Cleavers & Capsicum Soup Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 30 minutesTotal Time: 40 minutes 6Serving Size: 320 ml Ingredients100 g bundle of cleavers tops Galium aparine 2 cloves… Read More

Wild Food Recipes

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

Wild Medicine Info

Hedge Woundwort on the Midge Battlefield

Early June and the midges are out. I suddenly noticed this when I walked into a sylvan glade in the woods. It was so beautiful. The brilliant sunshine dapples by the shade of… Read More

Wild Food Recipes

Sorrel Hollandaise Sauce

This is a lovely lemony sauce with a distinctive sorrel tang that goes extremely well with baked white fish such as sole, or the local river trout I am lucky to be… Read More

Wychmoss - the Project

The Recycled House Project

Hopefully, sometime in 2011, we might build our house at Gowanbank. The last miserable, recession years have taught me a few things. One is to try to get out of… Read More

Edible Fungi, Wild Food Recipes

Giant porcini mushroom

One of my guests on Sunday’s Fabulous Fungi Walk spotted this huge penny bun. Also known as ceps or porcini Boletus edulis this monster mushroom weighed about 850 grams. Still… Read More