Foraging for food and art materials is an integral part of my mental wellbeing practice – I have only been doing it for a few years, but already it has become so important to me. When out and about I love being able to identify plants, and learn about their properties and how they can (or cannot) be used!
Read on below to find out more about my foraging adventures – and the recipes I make from my foraged goodies!
Making Wheat Paste for Book Binding
Wheatpaste or wheat starch paste has been used since antiquity as a natural adhesive. It is cheap, quick and easy to make, and lasts for…
Celebrating Imbolc | Sunshine Tarts
This year, we decided to celebrate Imbolc by making what the girls call “sunshine tarts” – pretty much they are lemon curd tarts, but I…
Making Apple Juice
In the autumn we harvested apples – so many different varieties – with our local Wildlife Watch. It was great fun learning about the different…
Strawberry and Lavender Jam Recipe
Every year we go to the strawberry patch at Syston Farms to collect bucket loads of strawberries. And, every year, we stuff ourselves until we…
Dandelion Cookie Recipe | Vegan
‘Tis dandelion season and that can only mean two things: Gardeners complaining about all the “weeds” cropping up in their garden and Foragers doing the…
Wild Garlic Pesto with Fresh Pasta
It is wild garlic season here in the UK, and there is a lot of tastiness out there for the picking! I suggest you steel…