Sweet Pickled Magnolia petals

Sweet Pickled Magnolia petals

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...
Magnolia

Magnolia

Magnolia Magnificance  Magnolia Magnolia sp The Latin name Magnolia for this family name of shrubs was named to honor the French Botanist Pierre Magnol. Pierre Magnol was an innovator and involved in the creation of the classification of plant families. It also...
Wild Garlic

Wild Garlic

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...
Nettle and Wild garlic Sauerkraut

Nettle and Wild garlic Sauerkraut

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...

A gentle pathway into the world of foraging.

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...
Is Foraging actually legal?

Is Foraging actually legal?

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.....