Tag Archives: Foraging

Six on Saturday – Nature’s bounty

Posted on September 10, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

10/09/2022 Well, we are certainly in a period of change and transition here in the UK: From losing our lovely Queen (which somehow felt like it was impossible) to gaining a King, from losing a clown of a Prime Minister … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – Foraging for sweet chestnuts in Hatfield Forest

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Frogend_dweller
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Elderflower and Lemon Curd – Rapture!

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Frogend_dweller

With the hedgerows billowing under the weight of scented, frothy white elderflowers (Sambucus nigra), it’s obviously time to get cracking on a few brews of elderflower champagne and/or elderflower cordial. However, in my ongoing search for foraged food ideas I’d … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – Plantlife’s #NoMowMay

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Frogend_dweller

Why not quit mowing your lawn (or a part of it) for the rest of May? Links below: #NoMowMay #WorldBeeDay #ScareMow

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Foraged blossom, stone fruit syrup and sticky date cake

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Frogend_dweller

I love this time of year, when the hedgerows around about become billowing white clouds of stone fruit blossom: Damsons, gages, bullace, wild plums and sloes. It is very transient, but beautiful. A while ago I wrote a post sharing … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – Sadie, the foraging dog

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Frogend_dweller
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Wordless Wednesday – Fragrant wild strawberries

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Frogend_dweller
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Blackberrying … followed by ice cream

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Frogend_dweller

Nobody in the lane, and nothing, nothing but blackberries, Blackberries on either side, though on the right mainly, A blackberry alley, going down in hooks, and a sea Somewhere at the end of it, heaving. Blackberries Big as the ball … Continue reading →

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Bad Foraging

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Frogend_dweller

A couple of weeks ago we met up with some old friends for lunch and since we were converging from a number of locations we ended up driving cross-country to get there. En-route I noticed a couple of large patches … Continue reading →

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Fresh beech leaves – a forager’s delight

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Frogend_dweller

With the bright frosty starts we’ve been having this last week, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to take Sadie for a walk on Therfield Heath and check out the progress of the wild pasque flower colony growing there. It … Continue reading →

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