Monica Wilde

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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
August 12, 2023
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Metanutrition and Wild Diversity

I’ve recently been reading an excellent article by Colin Tudge about the inclusion of many of what I call the ‘lost nutrients’ – and that Colin calls ‘cryptonutrients’ – in… Read More
April 21, 2023
by Monica Wilde
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Myco-Community Cooperation

My thoughts on niche partitioning in fungi With so many plants and fungi jostling for space on a forest floor or open grassland, you’d think that they should all be… Read More
April 12, 2023
by Monica Wilde
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Reconnecting with nature through foraging is a path to health & happiness - not just our own but the planet's too!

Monica Wilde
Wild Food Recipes

Japanese Knotweed Muffins

Yesterday I found two wild dessert foods. Wild growing rhubarb, a garden escapee, and Japanese knotweed (on the right of the basket. It was quite a coincidence as Japanese knotweed… Read More
April 21, 2014
by Monica Wilde
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Wild Medicine Info

Is Comfrey Edible?

Is Comfrey Safe to Eat? Common comfrey is a wild-growing herb that has a long tradition as both an edible and a medicinal species. It is a nutritious plant, being very… Read More
April 29, 2014
by Monica Wilde
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Wild Booze Recipes

Ash Cider recipe (Frenette) using green leaves

Ash Cider (aka Frenette) using ash leaves without manna ash Frenette is a mildly alcoholic drink made from fermented ash leaves. Read more about it’s history and the type of… Read More
June 10, 2008
by Monica Wilde
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Inedible Fungi

Wrinkled club fungus

Clavulina rugosa Phylum: Basidiomycota – Class: Agaricomycetes – Order: Cantharellales – Family: Clavulinaceae. 
September 24, 2017
by Monica Wilde
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Wild Food Recipes

Meadowsweet Cordial

If you like Elderflower Cordial you’ll love this! It has a sweet, honeyed flavour that is perfect diluted with fizzy water. “Children’s Champagne” I told a young man who tried… Read More
July 24, 2012
by Monica Wilde
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Wild Medicine Info

Meadowsweet Ointment

Meadowsweet contains salicylic acid which is what aspirin is. It has anti-inflammatory and pain relieving properties. Here is a simple versatile ointment recipe for treating all “dem aches an’ pains”.… Read More
August 20, 2013
by Monica Wilde
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Workshops

Edible Seashore with John Wright

Edible Seashore Coastal gourmet foraging day out with John Wright (River Cottage) & Monica Wilde (Napiers the Herbalists) with a wild gourmet lunch and treats! Join us in May 2017, for a… Read More
June 29, 2013
by Monica Wilde
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Wild Food Recipes

Scarlet Elf Caps

Scarlet Elf Caps Sarcoscypha coccinea are an edible fungus in the order Pezizale, that Orange Peel Fungus belongs to. They are widespread in February and love fallen branches half-buried in… Read More
February 18, 2014
by Monica Wilde
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Edible Fungi, Wild Food Recipes

How to Dry Mushrooms

Porcini powder is the most fabulous, deep, rich flavouring for stocks, soups, casseroles, in fact almost everything! Birch bolete powder comes a good second and most mushrooms produce an intense… Read More
September 2, 2014
by Monica Wilde
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Wild Food Recipes

Wild Raspberry Jam

This is a really easy recipe for wild raspberry jam. It takes just 12 minutes to cook and it tastes delicious. Also uses half the sugar of many other regular… Read More
July 24, 2014
by Monica Wilde
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Wild Medicine Info

Angel wings fungus. Angel of death?

Here in Scotland the beautiful, fragile, delicate angel wings mushrooms are forming on the rotting stumps of old pine. They’re exquisite to look at especially around sunset when catching the… Read More
July 31, 2018
by Monica Wilde
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Wild Food Recipes

A Jar of Beetroot – Beta vulgaris

Beetroots contain potent antioxidants and nutrients, including Vitamin A, Thiamine (Vit. B1), Riboflavin (Vit. B2), Niacin (Vit. B3), Pantothenic acid (B5), Vitamin B6, Folate (Vit. B9), Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron.… Read More
June 28, 2011
by Monica Wilde
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