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Sweet Pickled Magnolia petals are an absolute hit. These are a fridge staple every year. And I hate to admit it but I prefer the pickled version than fermented magnolia petals on their own. I will have to share this recipe with you! As for fermenting Magnolia petals I...
Photo credit to @rfwphotovideo Happy World Book Day! 5th March 2026 Just the excuse I needed to share another passion of mine.. or addiction! Books.. So I am going to share with you as I do at all my workshops the authors and the books that inspire and have guided me...
Fermented Wild Garlic Pesto Pesto is a traditional Italian sauce that originated from Genoa. The name pesto is derived from the Genoese word "pesta" (to pound or to crush) It basically refers to any ingredients crushed using a pestle and mortar. Typically it would be...
Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) Common names: Bears garlic, Bears leek, Ramsons, Wood garlic, Broad Leaved Garlic The latin name ursinum refers to the fact that the bears used to like to eat the wild garlic. Now is the time! That...
Having been fascinated by fermentation since 2012 and how it changes food into some of the most delicious flavours I have have ever experienced. I haven’t come out of the rabbit hole of learning about fermentation and there is no end in sight! There are so many...
Photo of many delicious and colourful sauerkrauts created at an Autumnal sauerkraut workshop. Lacto-fermentation Sauerkraut was the opening door into the fermented world for me 15 years ago. The first ferment I was taught was sauerkraut. I had no idea about fermented...
Nettles are perhaps my favourite wild green.. even with it's stings designed by nature to protect itself, I'm willing to take the sting to harvest it with thanks! This is a Spring green I really look forward to and will be on it's way soon! Harvested from clean...
If you are beginning your foraging journey.. Before stepping out with a basket, just take a pause... We are all custodians, caretakers of the natural world. We all used to be deeply connected to the earth; that memory still lives in the body. The more of us who...
Before you grab your basket and go skipping off picking some delicious greens or some scrumptious berries in the wild countryside of the UK.. The question is, "Are you actually allowed to do this?" The quick answer is... "Yes" however.. There are some laws to consider...