Elderberries are everywhere at the moment. Small purple berries, they seem to grow on every roadside hedgerow all across England. It therefore seems fitting to use this free wild food to our advantage - in this case, to create one of the simplest wines possible.
Many people already know that Elderflowers can be used to make [...]
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For children in England Nettles are one of lifes annoyances, stinging legs all around the country. Reliable information from Parents dictates that the sting can be neutralised by rubbing the leaves of the Dock plant (which always seems to grow nearby) on them; does anybody know if this is true?
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This week we were ‘reliably’ informed that due to the recent heavy rain, mushroom season had come early, and the nearby forests were full of them, ripe for the picking. My wife has been mushroom picking before in Poland (she’s Polish), however this was to be my first time, so armed with my 1980s mushroom identifying book, we headed off to the nearest forest.
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Despite us having a small garden at home, we pride ourselves on the large selection of herbs we have growing there. One of the most prevelant during spring and summer has to be wild rocket; it seems to grow as fast as it can be picked and eaten, and has a fantastic strong and peppery taste that bought rocket just can’t match.
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