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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in October for:
Sweet Chestnuts, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hops, Walnuts, Haws (Hawthorn berries), Wild Strawberries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Tag Archives: Foraging
Wordless Wednesday – Foraging for sweet chestnuts in Hatfield Forest
Posted in autumn, Out and about, Trees, Wordless
Tagged Castanea sativa, Foraging, Hatfield Forest, National Trust, Photography, Sweet Chestnuts
7 Comments
Elderflower and Lemon Curd – Rapture!
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
Posted in Flowers, Foraging, Recipes
Tagged Elderflower and lemon curd, Elderflowers, Foraging, Hedgerows, Preserves, Recipes, Sambucus nigra
7 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Plantlife’s #NoMowMay
Why not quit mowing your lawn (or a part of it) for the rest of May? Links below: #NoMowMay #WorldBeeDay #ScareMow
Posted in Bees, Grasses, Wildlife
Tagged #NoMowMay, #WorldBeeDay, Bug safaris, Foraging, Gardening, Nettle pesto, Photography, wildlife gardening
15 Comments
Foraged blossom, stone fruit syrup and sticky date cake
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
Posted in Food, Foraging, Recipes
Tagged #StayAtHome, cake, damsons, Foraging, Fruit growing, Gardening, Greengages, Sticky date cake recipe, Wild plum blossom syrup
8 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Fragrant wild strawberries
Posted in Food, fruit, Wordless
Tagged Alpine strawberries, Foraging, Fragaria vesca, Fraise des bois, Gardening, Photography, Wild strawberries
9 Comments
Bad Foraging
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
Posted in Food, Nature, Plants, Recipes
Tagged countryside, Foraging, Gardening, ransoms, Wild garlic
21 Comments
Fresh beech leaves – a forager’s delight
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
Posted in Drinks, Nature, Spring, Trees, Walks
Tagged Beech, Beech Leaf Noyau, countryside, Fagus sylvatica, Foraging, Fox Covert, nature, Therfield Heath
12 Comments
