Category: spring

This is a brilliant generic wild mushroom stuffing recipe that can be served as an accompaniment to many dishes or stuffed into meats for roasting, as well as inside entire root vegetables like butternut squash.  Shop bought mushrooms can be used of course but a wild mixed mushroom mix should…

Botanical Name Fraxinus excelsior Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order – Lamiales Family – Oleaceae Physical Characteristics Stems Light grey bark, that fissures with age, the stems are smooth with distinctive black buds, which are arranged in opposite pairs.    Leaves Large compound leaves, up to 40 cm long, are…

  Dog’s Mercury / Spring / Summer / Toxic Common Names Dog’s Mercury, Dog’s Cole Botanical Name Mercurialis Perennis Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Malpighiales  Family – Euphorbiaceae Physical Characteristics for Dog’s Mercury  Leaves Green, single leaves, lanceolate in shape which are serrated. Flowers Male flowers grow up a…