Catching and Preparing Crayfish using Pots and Traps.
In this post I want to tell you a little about how I catch Crayfish. Since moving to Suffolk I now have access to a river that is packed...
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Wild Garlic or Ramsons
Well what do you say about this wild herb... Except, I love it! What a fantastic ingredient to use, such a wonderful flavour and ever so...
Wild Food Seasonal Calendar UK - What Wild Food is in season now?
Now you can check up and see what Wild Foods are in season and what wonderful flavours will be available to you in the coming months with...
The Chanterelle Mushroom and the false Chanterelle mushroom
The Chanterelle Mushroom and the false Chanterelle mushroom The Chanterelle mushroom is possibly one of the best eating mushrooms in the...
The Dandelion and its uses
The wild and common Dandelion. I hate this time of the year.. Mid February the weather is cold and the fishing is not good, the days are...
The Dab, The tastiest fish in the Sea?
The Dab, the tastiest fish in the Sea or Fisherman's tale? Ok, I am simply craving it… I haven’t been fishing the whole of February as...
Wild Morel Mushrooms identification
The first of the seasons Wild Mushrooms is soon to be with us. The Morel mushroom is the first wild mushroom of the season and is a...
Burdock, the versatile Wild Food!
The Burdock is a very common wild food plant found across the UK and again like lots of edible Wild Plants is considered a weed. The...
The Stinging Nettle - Nature's Health Food
The stinging nettle is a plentiful and reliable form of Wild Food. The leaves, seeds, and roots are all edible, and are very nutritious....
Jack by the Hedge or Garlic Mustard
Garlic Mustard or Jack by the hedge, is a common early Spring herb found in hedges and woods, smelling mildly of garlic. It is also...
False Morel Identification guide
It’s nearly Morel season, you are all excited and ready to go you know where you are going to look. Now there is another species (that is...
The Sweet Violet
The Sweet Violet, one of the first edible flowers available to the gourmet forager!! The Sweet Violet is a small creeping plant that can...
Sea Beet or Wild Spinach
This is a UK coastal plant that I think you should become very familiar with as it is simply delicious. The Sea Beet or Wild Spinach also...
Wild Spring Salad
One of the joys of Spring is greens. In most cases greens, especially with young greens, they are best eaten raw. Wild Greens have strong...
St George’s Mushroom Identification and lookalikes
The St Georges mushroom is a very early fruiting variety of mushroom that fruits in late April through to early June. This period is very...
The St George’s Mushroom - Identification
What an exciting time of the year it is.. Nature wakes up in the Spring and the whole ecological system begins to work again. New birth...
Alexanders – The Roman Parsley
Alexanders are also known as Horse Parsley, Black Lovage and even Wild Celery (although there is also a water loving plant also with this...
The American Signal Crayfish how, where and when to catch them
At this time of the year its starting to warm up and Spring is set in for good. The rising temperatures wake up more than the plants and...
The Elder; the Flowers, the Berries the Legend
The Elder tree, what a fantastic and generous tree! Not just its uses but also the stories involved within it. I don’t really know where...
The Ultimate Guide to Edible Wild and Garden Flowers UK
The culinary use of Edible flowers dates back many years with the first recorded mention is thousands of years old. Many different...