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Articles [47], Blog [16], Foraging Courses [10], Glossary [2], Music [2], Plant Families [1], Plant Identification [7], Plants [80], Podcast [42], Poisonous Plants [2], Readings [6], Recipes [239], Shorts [5], Videos [27], What's in season [12]

Articles [47] ↑

2024-09-10 Rethinking invasive species in an era of climate change
2024-04-07 A history of dock pudding: A centuries-old springtime delicacy from Yorkshire
2024-01-09 About Mahonia flowers
2022-12-16 Wild flow
2022-06-05 Wild mystery
2022-01-24 Foraging as an act of reverence
2022-01-21 Raggle-taggled and anarchic
2022-01-11 Discover this forgotten 13th century spring detox drink
2021-07-30 This wild plant rivals samphire
2021-07-30 Power supply
2021-05-07 It's not just for you human
2020-07-13 How much is enough? Sustainable foraging and ethical harvesting guidelines
2020-05-17 Careful with that plant ID app
2020-04-30 How to sterilise bottles and jars
2020-04-20 How to photograph wildflowers and plants for identification
2020-03-08 Coronavirus (Covid) - A rational guide to herbal support and other resources
2019-06-17 Wild seeds you can sprout
2019-04-09 Cold water infusions versus hot water infusions - which is better?
2019-03-19 Forty wild edible plants in the carrot family
2019-03-16 List of edible magnolia flowers
2019-03-04 Everything you need to know about wild garlic
2018-08-14 Foraging as a mindfulness practice to restore vital connection
2018-06-01 How to get the gut health of a hunter-gatherer
2018-03-28 Witnessing the last days of the nomadic Moken sea gypsies
2017-12-12 Tasting terroir - why the plant is not the problem... you are
2017-11-18 Top 5 Foraging & Wild Food Cookbooks
2017-03-25 Is field horsetail edible?
2017-02-03 Nasreddin and the tale of the dandelion
2017-01-16 Mahonia - smell of an angel's breath
2016-11-03 Why does that plant taste disgusting?
2016-10-31 Listening to the trees talking
2016-10-25 Everything you need to know about rosehips
2016-10-18 This divine wild jelly is an absolute must
2016-10-17 Guelder rose - a wild super fruit that smells like old socks
2016-10-17 The awesomeness of acorns
2014-08-18 Foraging and the law
2011-09-09 Vitamin C loss and rosehips
2010-03-24 When is the best time to harvest seaweed?
2010-03-17 How to store and process acorns
2010-03-05 Top plant identification books for foragers
2009-08-23 In memory of Frank Cook (1963-2009)
2009-07-06 Are there any poisonous seaweed in Britain and Ireland?
2009-07-01 Edible cherry plum
2008-10-31 How to collect, dry & store dulse
2008-10-14 Protected wild plants
2008-10-14 Are rose hip seeds poisonous?
2008-09-24 How to dry & store rose hips for rose hip tea

Blog [16] ↑

2024-09-17 Step into nature softly
2024-09-16 Forage with reverence
2024-09-15 Trust your senses
2024-09-14 Make wild medicine
2024-09-13 Eat weeds
2024-09-11 Eat like a peasant
2024-09-10 Share personal plant wisdom
2024-09-09 Embrace plant discovery
2024-09-08 Hands-on experience
2024-09-08 Learn plants through experience
2024-09-07 Start with familiar plants
2024-09-07 Practicing mindful interaction with plants
2024-09-07 Sensory plant identification
2024-09-06 Better than potatoes
2024-09-05 Ancient rowan tree folklore and magic
2024-09-04 The magic of gorse

Foraging Courses [10] ↑

2024-09-08 Private bookings
2024-09-08 Devon foraging courses & walks
2024-04-15 Forage and Fibres Weekend
2023-08-25 Soul medicine: Get rooted, feel balanced (autumn session)
2023-05-14 Befriending Nettle - Foraging & Cordage Making
2022-12-23 Devon hedgerow foraging and basketry weekend
2022-06-28 Devon Foraging Day Retreat
2020-07-15 Sussex Foraging Courses & Walks
2020-07-15 Dorset Foraging Courses & Walks
2020-07-15 London Foraging Courses & Walks

Glossary [2] ↑

2024-01-08 Petiole
2023-05-17 Linoleic acid

Music [2] ↑

2023-10-03 sonification of holly
2023-08-18 weeping willow

Plant Families [1] ↑

2024-04-03 The Carrot Family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

Plant Identification [7] ↑

2024-01-11 How to identify Lesser Celandine
2024-01-02 How to identify Beech
2024-01-01 How to identify Cleavers (= Goosegrass)
2023-12-22 How to identify Poison Hemlock
2020-05-05 How to identify Hemlock Water Dropwort
2020-04-12 How to identify Garlic Mustard
2020-04-09 How to identify White Dead Nettle

Plants [80] ↑

Podcast [42] ↑

2022-11-04 EP43: Plants, enchantment and wild words
2022-09-16 EP42: Medicinal forest gardens
2022-05-09 EP41: It’s not just for you human
2021-11-05 EP40: Plants and colour
2021-05-20 EP39: What's that plant
2021-04-15 EP38: Let's talk trespass
2021-04-09 EP37: Sound walks
2021-03-18 EP36: Nettle eater
2021-03-08 EP35: Plant talk - Silver wattle, Darwin's barberry and catkins
2021-02-18 EP34: Prison plants
2020-11-12 EP33: Foraging, rewilding and nature connection
2020-10-16 EP32: The fantastical delights of fly agaric
2020-08-21 EP31: The importance of ethnobotany - an Interview with Mark Nesbitt
2020-04-13 EP30: The edible city - urban foraging during lockdown
2020-03-20 EP29: Calm ease
2020-03-20 EP28: Introducing plant talk
2019-12-13 EP27: Be your own authority - a forager's perspective
2019-12-03 EP26: Herbalism with attitude
2019-09-17 EP25: Edible acorns - the forgotten food
2019-08-12 EP24: Nutritional cultural identity
2019-06-17 EP23: Wild tea ceremonies & celebrations
2018-11-12 EP22: Foraging the future, sustainability & vital connection
2018-11-05 EP21: From 19th century famine potherb to 21st century hipster food
2018-10-26 EP20: Discovering new wild edible plants
2018-10-05 EP19: The future of farming is foraging
2018-05-31 EP18: The wild art of fermentation
2018-03-01 EP17: Busted by the cops for picking a dandelion
2017-11-09 EP16: Herbalists without borders choose love over fear
2017-10-24 EP15: The handmade apothecary
2017-07-11 EP14: Why the balsam bashers might be wrong
2017-07-05 EP13: Absinthe alchemy
2017-05-10 EP12: Passion potions
2016-11-29 EP11: Intuitive herbalism
2016-09-13 EP10: The wild & wonderful world of fungi
2016-08-25 EP09: Foraging with Europe's grand master
2016-04-28 EP08: First steps to seeing plants
2015-09-10 EP06: How to make nettle leaf protein
2015-08-19 EP05: Remembering Frank Cook
2015-06-10 EP04: Plant observation & Goethean science
2015-04-28 EP03: Revisioning herbal medicine
2015-02-11 EP02: Beyond botany & other ways of knowing plants
2014-05-20 EP01: Wild dolmades & other things

Poisonous Plants [2] ↑

2023-12-22 How to identify Poison Hemlock
2020-05-05 How to identify Hemlock Water Dropwort

Readings [6] ↑

2024-01-04 Know your place
2023-10-01 Hawthorn fruit
2023-09-15 Misty morning
2023-09-15 Foraging as an act of reverence
2023-09-02 Talking meadowsweet
2023-04-27 Whispers of the Oxeye Daisy

Recipes [239] ↑

2024-09-17 Elderflower cordial
2024-04-16 Palestinian Cooked Fresh Mallow Leaves (Khobiza)
2023-07-12 Polish Pickled Cherries
2023-05-23 Wild Horta
2023-05-08 Horta (Wild Greens with Lemon and Olive Oil)
2022-07-20 Green Walnut Ketchup: A Wild Vegan Worcestershire Sauce Alternative
2022-07-02 Pickled green elderberry capers
2022-04-04 Buttered Hart’s-tongue Fiddleheads
2021-11-11 Strawberry Tree Vinegar
2021-08-06 Dandelion & Burdock Wild Soda
2021-06-11 Hawthorn Flower Syrup
2021-05-26 Sea Buckthorn Syrup
2021-04-01 Maundy thursday soup
2021-01-24 Burmese Style Navelwort Salad
2020-07-31 Wild Carrot Flower Cordial - A Summer Love Potion
2019-10-02 Guelder Rose Shrub Drink
2019-08-26 Pickled Rosehips
2019-06-28 Try This Majestic Meadowsweet Cordial
2019-05-24 Black mustard soup
2019-05-01 Smooth Sowthistle Salsa
2019-04-10 Spiced Cow Parsley And Orange Compote
2019-04-03 Oxeye Daisy Greens & Baked Temple Tofu
2019-03-28 Braised Dandelion Greens
2019-03-22 Persian Nettle Stew
2019-03-15 Braised Magnolia Flower Buds
2019-03-15 Magnolia Flower & Tempeh Dumplings
2019-03-07 Wild Mustard And Haricot Bean Sauce
2019-03-07 Wild Garlic And Cauliflower Cakes With Wild Mustard Sauce
2019-03-05 Wild Garlic and Cashew Nut Pâté
2019-03-04 Try These Delicious Wild Garlic Recipes
2018-08-31 Wild Water Pepper Tade Su
2018-08-19 Hogweed Seed Spice, Cashew and Date Sweets
2018-07-18 Salad Burnet & Tomato Salad
2018-07-09 Grain-Free Sea Aster Tabbouleh
2018-06-17 Sorrel, Watercress And Roasted Fennel Soup
2018-04-09 This Dandelion Salad Is Nature's Nutritional Powerhouse
2018-03-23 A Delicious Kelp Seaweed Broth For Flu
2018-03-07 Silver Birch Boucha Tea
2017-08-17 A Divine Seaweed Sauerkraut
2017-03-27 Wild Garlic Kimchi
2017-03-21 Hedge Mustard & Laver Seaweed Rice Soup
2017-02-14 Getting Wild In Laos With Three Cornered Leek
2017-01-05 Aged Beech Leaf Tea
2016-12-12 Sea Beet Bhijia Curry
2016-11-14 Butcher's Broom Coffee
2016-11-07 Dragon's Breath Hawthorn Relish
2016-10-18 Try This Exquisite Guelder Rose Jelly Recipe
2016-09-22 Elderberry and nettle honey elixir
2016-05-09 Sakura: Preserved Cherry Blossom
2016-04-28 Nettle & Barley Risotto
2016-04-21 Noble Nettle Gruel
2016-04-04 Beef Bone & Nettle Potassium Broth
2016-04-04 Magnolia Syrup Recipe
2016-03-30 Quick Braised Hogweed Shoots
2016-02-18 Thai Style Three Cornered Leek & Tempeh Stir Fry
2015-12-15 Kelp Lasagne
2015-09-21 Nettle Seed Cheese Straws
2015-09-10 Sugar Free Nettle & Seaweed Sweets
2015-09-10 Slow Cooked Kelp, Pork & Beetroot Stew
2015-07-22 Sowthistle Tempeh Salad
2015-07-22 Orache & Spicy Pork Laos Style Salad
2015-06-03 Sea Purslane Potato Cakes
2015-06-03 Braised Sea Aster With Asparagus
2015-06-03 Sea Purslane Hummus
2015-05-31 Tansy Pancakes
2015-05-31 Wild Gomasio
2015-05-12 Wisteria Flower Syrup
2015-05-12 Sea Aster Pate
2015-04-29 Oxeye Daisy Capers
2015-04-29 Sea Beet Chowder (Well Maybe)
2015-04-21 Six Wild Greens Soup
2015-04-21 Garlic Mustard & Blue Cheese Pasta
2015-04-21 Wild Garlic & Nettle Nut Loaf
2015-03-25 Wild Garlic & Dandelion Salad
2015-03-24 Ground Elder & Chicken Patties
2015-03-18 Wild Garlic Pakoras
2015-03-09 Alexanders in gluten free cheese sauce
2015-03-05 Oxeye Daisy Tabbouleh
2015-02-09 Oxeye Daisy Bruschette
2015-02-02 Three Cornered Leek Hummus
2014-12-22 Rowan Turkish delight
2014-12-06 Crispy black mustard
2014-12-06 Dandelion Dressing Recipe on Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
2014-11-20 Fermented Dulse Recipe With Mooli
2014-11-20 Prince of Wales ketchup
2014-11-14 Rosehip Soup Recipe With Roasted Chilli & Smoked Tofu
2014-10-30 Water Pepper Soup Recipe With Kelp Seaweed
2014-10-30 A Simple Dandelion Salad Recipe
2014-09-23 Pickled Sea Sandwort
2014-09-23 Slow Cooked Laver & Pork Casserole
2014-09-23 Sea Aster & Monkfish
2014-07-28 Mugwort Jelly Recipe
2014-07-28 Blackberry or Bramble Jelly Recipe
2014-07-10 Black mustard vinegar
2014-07-10 Sea Dahl: A Different Sea Purslane Recipe
2014-07-09 Sea Arrowgrass & Lemon Soup
2014-07-03 Sugar Free Wild Cherry Nectar
2014-07-03 Rose Petal Honey
2014-07-03 Smashing Samphire Guacamole
2014-07-03 Mugwort & Mushroom Soup
2014-06-24 Lime flower and himalayan balsam vitamin water
2014-06-11 Sea Beet Bubble and Squeak
2014-06-11 Oh My God, those Creamed Nettles are Amazing!
2014-06-05 Sea Purslane Mayonnaise in 30 Seconds
2014-05-26 Aubergine And Avocado Bake With Ribwort Plantain
2014-05-26 Buttered Prickly Sowthistle Tips
2014-05-20 Garlic Mustard Wild Dolmades
2014-05-19 Pickled Wild Garlic Bulbs
2014-05-19 Fermented Wild Garlic
2014-05-19 Magnolia Flower Vinegar
2014-05-18 Wild Garlic Pasta Sauce
2014-05-06 Wild Greens With Spiced Tahini Rice
2014-03-20 Thick Three Cornered Leek & Kelp Tom Yum Soup
2013-11-08 Pork & Laver Casserole
2013-10-16 Buttered Alexanders stems
2013-05-28 Ground Elder Quiche
2013-05-15 Squid With Garlic Mustard and Rock Samphire Seeds
2013-05-07 Wild Sea Beet Salad
2013-04-30 Garlic Mustard & Three Cornered Leek Vichysoisse
2013-04-30 Cow Parsley & Garlic Mustard Sauce
2013-04-05 The Perfect Wild Garlic Omlette
2013-04-05 White Dead Nettle Syrup
2013-02-20 Wild Garlic Vinegar
2013-02-20 Wild Garlic & Nettle Pesto
2013-02-07 Lesser Celandine & Ground Ivy Stew
2013-02-06 Cream of Hedge Bedstraw Soup
2013-01-31 Sautéed Daisy Greens With Roasted Baby Beetroots
2013-01-29 Lesser Celandine & Lamb Heart Stew
2013-01-18 Hairy Bittercress Harissa Paste
2012-06-25 Tofu Marinated In Ground Ivy
2012-06-24 Samphire & Wild Fennel Pickle
2012-06-24 Sea Purslane Pickle
2012-05-09 Mugwort Smoothie
2012-05-09 Dandelion Flower Vinegar
2012-04-04 Sauteed Hogweed Leaf Stalks With Nettles & Wild Garlic
2012-04-03 Cleavers & Aubergine Bake
2012-03-19 Wild Garlic In Oil
2012-03-13 Ground Ivy & Horseradish Mayonnaise
2012-02-09 Homemade Goat’s Cheese With Wild Garlic
2012-02-08 Dahl With Wild Spices
2012-01-16 Alexanders chutney
2011-12-16 Sea Kale Rosti
2011-12-16 An awesome Rowan and Bullace jelly
2011-11-11 Staghorn Sumac Lemonade
2011-11-11 Sea Purslane Pesto
2011-10-12 Try This Delicious Rosehip Vinegar Recipe
2011-09-26 Nettle & Chorizo Tapas
2011-09-13 Mugwort Gin
2011-06-22 Sea Purslane Fish Cakes
2011-06-20 A Mouthwatering Pickled Sea Kale Recipe
2011-06-08 Ground Ivy Tempura
2011-06-08 Sea Aster & Tomato Soup
2011-06-07 Buttered Sea Sandwort
2011-06-07 Brined Alexanders
2011-03-03 Dandelion Vinegar Recipe
2011-03-03 Eva’s Warm Dandelion Salad
2011-01-12 A Wild Winter Herb Salad Gathered On 11th January 2011
2011-01-12 Sea Beet Feathers & Foam
2010-12-04 Slow Cooked Rabbit With Douglas Fir
2010-12-02 Cheesy nipplewort and Alexanders pasta
2010-11-18 Wild Spiced Apple & Beetroot Chutney
2010-11-17 Curried Alexanders leaf
2010-11-16 How To Preserve Wild Horseradish Root
2010-11-11 Traditional Sloe Gin Recipe
2010-11-11 Black mustard with millet
2010-11-10 Oxeye Daisy Raita
2010-11-09 Wild Winter Chestnut Soup
2010-10-25 Himalayan balsam & wild fennel crackers
2010-10-13 Rosehip Syrup Recipe
2010-10-13 Alexanders in spicy tomato sauce
2010-09-21 Elderberry balsamic vinegar
2010-09-20 Stinging Nettle Tarte Tatin
2010-09-08 Bilberry Smoothie
2010-09-08 Samphire stuffed mackerel with Alexanders and wild fennel seeds
2010-07-27 Pickled Marsh Samphire
2010-07-22 Salmon Terrine With Marsh Samphire
2010-06-25 Fat Hen Tabouleh
2010-06-15 Buttered Sea Aster
2010-06-15 Wild Strawberry Vinegar
2010-06-09 Crispy Wood Avens Leaves
2010-06-03 Chickweed Pate
2010-05-19 Sorrel and Wild Green Tartlets
2010-05-04 Sea Plantain Risotto
2010-04-21 Sweet Pickled Cow Parsley Stems
2010-04-13 Hairy Bittercress, Dandelion & Papaya Salad
2010-03-31 White Dead Nettle Frittata
2010-03-21 Wild Garlic Focaccia
2010-03-20 Wild Garlic Quiche With Goats Cheese
2010-03-09 Spicy Lesser Celandine Straws
2010-02-15 Spiced Pickled Acorns
2010-02-13 Devon Laverbread Cakes
2009-12-14 Pickled Rock Samphire
2009-12-14 Wild Celery Tapenade
2009-12-14 Black mustard leaf sushi
2009-12-14 Wild Celery & Common Mallow Harira
2009-11-16 Country Hedgerow Jam
2009-11-16 Sea Aster Fish Bake
2009-11-13 Alexanders pasties
2009-11-13 Fermented Hogweed Borsch Recipe
2009-11-09 Nettle Noodle Soup
2009-11-09 Burdock Root Chips
2009-10-20 Pine Needle Vinegar
2009-10-19 Stuffed Nasturtium Leaves With Angelica Seeds
2009-10-19 Hairy Bittercress & Roasted Beetroot Salad
2009-10-05 Horseradish Leaf Bubble and Squeak
2009-09-25 Spiced Plantain Seed Mix
2009-09-25 Chickweed Salad With Wild Angelica Seed Dressing
2009-09-25 Stinging Nettle Gnocchi
2009-09-08 Redshank & Aubergine Spring Rolls
2009-09-08 Elderberry cordial syrup
2009-08-26 White Dead Nettle, Feta & Watermelon Salad
2009-08-20 Spiced Hogweed Seed Biscuits
2009-08-14 Meadowsweet & Vanilla Panna Cotta
2009-08-07 Fat Hen Pesto Bake
2009-07-29 Cherry Plum Jam Recipe
2009-07-13 Meadowsweet Sorbet
2009-06-01 Pickled Ash Keys
2009-06-01 Raw Wild Garlic Houmous
2009-06-01 Traditional 1930’s Stinging Nettle Beer Recipe
2009-05-12 Ground Elder Gazpacho Soup
2009-05-12 Noble Peasant Stinging Nettle Soup
2009-04-24 Lady’s Smock & Three Cornered Leek Salad
2009-04-22 Nettle Energy Balls
2009-04-22 Ground Elder & Tempeh Recipe
2009-04-19 Pickled buds of Alexanders
2009-04-19 Pickled Magnolia Flowers
2009-04-16 Nettle Cordial Recipe
2009-03-17 Broad-leaved dock, rice, feta cheese & seaweed
2009-03-17 Sweet Violet & Chocolate With Nettle
2009-03-15 Nourishing Nettle Infusion Recipe
2009-02-22 Lesser Celandine Stroganoff Recipe
2009-02-19 Steamed Alexanders
2008-12-31 Gorse flower cordial recipe
2008-11-14 Dandelion Root Coffee Recipe
2008-11-10 Sorrel Soup
2008-10-17 Hawthorn Jelly Recipe
2008-10-13 Burdock Root Stir Fry
2008-10-09 Himalayan balsam seed curry
2008-10-05 Blackberry Vinegar Recipe

Shorts [5] ↑

2024-01-09 How to make Magnolia flower tea
2024-01-09 About Mahonia flowers
2024-01-09 About Hairy Bittercress, no.1
2024-01-08 About Darwin's Barberry flowers, no.1
2023-10-01 About Hawthorn fruits

Videos [27] ↑

2024-01-12 Let's talk protoanemonin in Lesser Celandine
2024-01-12 Three-cornered Leek comes with a warning
2023-10-01 About Hawthorn fruits
2023-08-18 Talking dandelions
2023-08-02 Sitting with lime in late summer
2023-04-28 How to make a mineral-rich spring tonic using wild plants
2023-04-22 Juliette of the herbs: the life of herbalist Juliette de Baracli Levy
2022-07-01 How to make plantain oil for stings and bites
2021-04-01 Maundy thursday soup
2020-06-09 The forager’s toolkit: essential equipment and tools you need for wildcrafting
2020-04-08 How to prepare edible alexanders flower stems
2019-08-24 Acorns in an era of climate change
2019-08-24 Acorns: a forgotten superfood
2018-11-06 Dulse seaweed as food and medicine
2018-09-18 Traditional use of hottentot fig
2018-09-07 Yarrow as a traditional herbal remedy
2018-04-06 From drug addiction to wild wellbeing
2017-06-06 How to safely eat sea arrowgrass
2017-02-20 How to make a delicious pine oil
2016-08-08 Mulberry tree: uses and identification
2016-08-08 Japanese rosehip: uses & identification of rosa rugosa
2015-04-08 Is It hemlock or cow parsley
2012-11-22 On sea kale root
2010-07-06 Wild food foraging & the idler lifestyle
2009-02-01 Frank Cook on nettle
2008-12-11 Frank Cook on dock
2008-09-16 Frank Cook on the pine family

What's in season [12] ↑