What to forage in April
Discover over forty wild food plants you can forage and harvest in April. Availability should only be seen as a rough guide. Variations in climate and … Continue
EP36: Nettle eater
Tom Hirons is a poet and storyteller. He lives with his partner on the edge of Dartmoor in the UK. In this interview we … Continue
EP35: Plant talk – Silver wattle, Darwin’s barberry and catkins
A quick plant talk on silver wattle, Darwin’s barberry and catkins which I found a few hundred metres from my house. Show Notes Silver … Continue
What to forage in March
Discover over sixty wild food plants you can forage and harvest in March. Availability should only be seen as a rough guide. Variations in … Continue
EP34: Prison plants
In this episode I talk with Nicole Rose from Solidarity Apothecary. Nicole did a three and half year prison sentence aged 21 amidst a … Continue
The Traditional and Modern Uses of Ground Ivy
Ground ivy is one of Britain’s commonest plants. It flourishes from sunny banks to shady wastelands. A perennial plant with trailing dark-green, kidney-shaped leaves … Continue
The Traditional and Modern Uses of Sea Beet
Sea beet is the wild ancestor to common vegetables such as beetroot, swiss chard and spinach beet. We can even thank the rugged coastal … Continue
What to forage in February
Discover over forty wild food plants you can forage and harvest in February. Availability should only be seen as a rough guide. Variations in … Continue
Burmese Style Navelwort Salad
This recipe was inspired by a conversation with a reader called Rachel who spends half her time in Burma as a conflict analyst. If … Continue
The Traditional and Modern Uses of Navelwort (Pennywort)
There is a tendency to overlook the navelwort in favour of the house-leek (Sempervivum tectorum) in folk medicine. David Allen and Gabrielle Hatfield consider … Continue
What to forage in January
Discover twenty five wild food plants you can forage and harvest in January. Availability should only be seen as a rough guide. Variations in … Continue
The Traditional and Modern Uses of Smooth Sowthistle
The hollow stem yields a white, milky juice said to be eaten by sows to increase the flow of their milk. The Latin name … Continue
The Traditional and Modern Uses of Horseradish
Horseradish has been cultivated since ancient times and is a familiar culinary herb of many kitchens. Its distinctive taste is used to flavour many … Continue
EP33: Foraging, rewilding and nature connection
Lucy O’Hagan takes us on a journey exploring ancestral ways and rewilding, foraging and nature connection. Why do it and how relevant is it … Continue
The Traditional and Modern Uses of Sweet Chestnut
There are few customs more autumnal than collecting chestnuts and roasting them over a fire. Chestnuts, from the sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa), are … Continue