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Picking wild fruit and berries is a great way to get free and delicious food, many types of which you just can’t buy in the shops. Read this article for help to confidently identify all the edible varieties. Continue reading
Back in November I challenged you all to come up with a dish featuring Game as the main ingredient, and this post is a round-up of the recipes that the more daring among you submitted. Continue reading
This article could also be known as “things I saw while walking the dog”, but that would kind of miss the point. Instead, consider this as a brief look at just some of the seasonal wild food that grows in … Continue reading
I couldn’t resist sharing this delicious salad with you all, prompted by the “wild tomatoes” that arrived in my vegetable box this past week. The colours are fantastic and I’ve already decided I just have to grow them next year. Continue reading
I’ve had my eye on the stinging nettles near where I take the dog for a walk for a while now; nettles are one of natures great freebies and I really needed to grab some before it was too late (fresh young leaves are the best, so March / April are the best times). I’ve tried Nettle Soup before, which is fantastic, but never ventured further than that; now I can happily report that Nettle Pesto is delicious too. Continue reading
Don’t look at me like that. If you saw this seasonal dish in a restaurant marked up as “Escargot” you’d probably be tempted. So why not try them for free at home? The benefits are surely two fold. One one … Continue reading
We were fortunate enough to have a couple of weekends away recently, one to the North Yorkshire Moors, and one to a small town called Moffat in Scotland. Both places shared hills, forests, and field after field of purple Heather.
As always, this abundance of Heather got me thinking – “Can I eat it”? Surely it’s not so infeasible. Heather honey is for sale in supermarkets everywhere, and Wild Game (such as Grouse) enjoy Heather as the main part of their diet. Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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? Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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