Herbs are brilliant in the summer months for adding fresh flavour to dishes, but many die back over the winter. A great way to preserve garden or foraged herbs for use during the colder months is to dry them. This allows you to make the most of your spring/summer glut of green foliage and saves you …
Dandelions are unavoidable. They appear in every back garden or spare patch of land and are extremely difficult to eradicate completely from your plot. Luckily for us, this is not always a bad thing, because every part of the dandelion plant is edible. It is even considered a delicacy in other countries, such as France- …
There are many areas where wild food can be gathered or caught. Edible plants can be found in hedgerows, in woodland, or along the sea shores – even your own back garden! Whether picking tasty greens, catching snails, fishing, mushroom hunting, or catching the odd grey squirrel for your lunch, many places hold an abundance …
I always find that if you are going to brew a home-brew beer – you’re better producing something that’s hard to find by commercial brewers. This Nettle Top and Dandelion Flower recipe uses freshly foraged spring ingredients. Dry Hopping (Adding dry hops to the fermentor) and added lactose makes for an aromatic, bitter and hazy …
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One of the most common of plants in the UK the Stinging Nettle is hard to confuse with anything else. Often seen as a weed pest in the garden we are taught to recognise (and avoid) them from a young age due to their vicious sting. However, we should also be taught about how good …
