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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

Medicinal fungi

Books about Medicinal Mushrooms

Mushroom Bibliography. This lists some of the books available about medicinal uses of fungi. Listed according to most recent publication date. Hobbs, C. (2021) Guide to Medicinal Mushrooms: Boost Immunity,… 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

Wild Food Recipes

How to make Dandelion Coffee

Dig up your dandelion roots in the Spring or Autumn. Cut off the leaves and any root hairs. Rinse the roots well in running water and use an old toothbrush… Read More

Wild Food Recipes, Wild Medicine Info

Elderberry: Making a Syrup

Elderberry syrup can be made purely for its great taste or for its vitamin content and medicinal properties in helping the whole family to fight off colds and flu. Pick… Read More

Hedgerow

Is Common Hogweed Poisonous?

2020 update: the following is a quote of mine that I use when teaching people who come on my foraging courses. It brings a smile and helps people to understand… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

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

Wild Nutrition Facts

How to Dry Seaweed

I’ve been doing a lot of seaweed collecting this summer. I always end up running out and don’t often get to the coast in the winter. This is important to… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Hairy bittercress

Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta). It’s the essential seasonal ingredient for winter soups, pestos, salads & garnishes providing a fresh, and tasty source of vitamins and minerals right through the winter. … Read More

Wild Food Recipes, Wild Medicine Info

How to make Nettle Cheese

This is a light cheese made with a nettle rennet and cow’s milk. Using a vegetable rennet rather than calf rennet allows you to make a vegetarian cheese. There are… 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

Wild Carrot Identification

The carrot family of Apiaceae contain both edible and deadly species. You need to “know your carrots” before foraging for them. With poisonous hemlock on the left and edible cow… Read More

Wild Medicine Info

Vegetarian artichoke rennet

Here is a lovely cheese developing from goats milk curdled with immature artichoke seed. For more about wild and vegetarian rennets see my long blog post here. Curds after cutting. … Read More