Journal

Birch Sap tapping Through this guide we’re going to be looking at How to Tap Silver Birch – Extracting Birch sap is one of the first things I do with wild food every year, it tells me we’re about to shoot straight into the more serious collection of wild foods and…

Foraging doesn’t only take place in the wildest places you can imagine – there’s a wilderness in everyone’s gardens, balconies or even on your lunch break walk.  Go out into your garden and have a look around, even if you’ve got a concrete heaven for a garden, I can guarantee…

Here are some Wild herbal thoughts on covid19 – Coronavirus Prevention & protection Limit refined and processed foods, sugar and stress, as always but especially because it depletes the immune system! Eat loads of berries and wild foods, get outside and exercise, and sleep as much as possible. All mushrooms…

This Wild Noodle Salad is a great and quick way to use whatever wild greens you can find around you, it works as well in spring with Wild Garlic and Nettles, in summer with wild seaweeds and Sea Purslane or autumn with Wood Blewits and Chanterelles. Ingredients (for 4 people):…

This Rose Hip Gin Recipe is a fantastic way to use up the yearly glut of Rose hips, when left in the bottle they also make the most brilliant Christmas gifts. I often make a massive bottle of this and separate it down into smaller bottles when we come to…

Some people also call this Sweet Chestnut Jam – but in my head jams are often fruity and this recipe reminds me more of a Nutella style spread. If you’re looking for something with a little less sugar why not check out our Sweet Chesnut butter recipe here. This Spread…

This makes a rich nutty butter. If you’re looking for something a little sweeter why not check out our Sweet Chesnut Spread recipe here. This nut butter is a great and interesting way to use up and preserve the abundant sweet chestnuts during their high season in October. It’s thick…

So you’ve been out and found a whole load of wild mushrooms, firstly you need to make sure they’re edible – have a quick look at our intro guide here or you can look at our entire mushroom guide list here. If you’re still not sure why not join us on a guided foraging…

When you’re in the midst of it – London can seem like the last place you’d want to, or even could, go foraging. However, wild food can be found everywhere and I’m always amazed by the diversity of wild ingredients that can be foraged throughout London’s Parks. ‘You can find…