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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

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 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

plantsarecool, Wild Food Recipes

Daisy Soup for Dinner Parties

This is a neat ‘magic’ trick to impress your friends at dinner parties. Well… It really is the sort if thing that only a forager would do! Ingredients Any soup… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

Find out more about horsetail Equisetum arvensis here.

Wychmoss - the Project

Coppicing willow and hazel

Willow coppices Last weekend, mid February, I spent coppicing – cutting back my willow Salix spp. and hazel Corylus avellana. I have a large amount of willow, across several species,… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Making a wild fungi broth

The season of soups is starting as the first frosty mornings herald the transition of autumn to winter. Samhain is around the corner. Today I made a cauliflower fungus broth… 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 Booze Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

Edible Gorse Flower Syrups, Cordials & Cocktails

Print Yum Gorse Flower Syrup Ingredients500g gorse flowers 500g sugar 1 litre water 2 limes 1 orangeDirectionsPick your gorse flowers in the morning on a warm, sunny day before it… Read More

Edible Fungi, Inedible Fungi, Wild Medicine Info

Turkey Tail mushrooms – Trametes versicolor

Turkey tail mushrooms are found growing on logs, especially fallen beech, throughout the world and certainly here in Scotland. Their rather obvious name is due to them looking literally like… 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

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 Food Recipes

Wild Dog Rose Petal Syrup

Wild Dog Rose Petal Syrup Ingredients 1 kg Dog Rose petals 500g sugar 1 litre water Directions Heat the water and pour over the rose petals. Leave overnight to infuse. In… Read More