Yazan: Dave | 17 June 2013 | 5 Comments
Categories: Lifestyle and Recipes, Uncategorized, Wild foods
I love Middle Eastern food in all shapes and forms. Nothing satisfies me more than tucking into a mezze platter of falafels, domla (or dolmades), homous, olives and pita bread served up on a bed of salad leaves with perhaps a salsa dipping sauce on the side. However, nearly all the ingredients have to [...]
Yazan: admin | 10 June 2013 | No Comments
Categories: General Gardening, Lifestyle and Recipes, Wild foods
They’ll take over your garden They’ll grow like the wind Plant them just once And they’ll grow again and again Old English Rhyme – written by Dave Hamilton Sept 2008 Nasturtiums are often over looked as a food source but in a bad year on an allotment they can really come [...]
Yazan: Dave | 02 October 2012 | 4 Comments
Categories: Budget living, foraging, Homemade, Lifestyle and Recipes, Uncategorized, Wild foods
During most of my autumn courses I either run through how to make hawthorn ketchup or I have some on hand to try (preferable both!). This year I thought I would at least get round to having the recipe up whilst they are in season . This makes a very red and very delicious ketchup [...]
Yazan: Dave | 27 July 2012 | 4 Comments
Categories: foraging, Home Brew, Lifestyle and Recipes, Wild foods
Town planners of 20th century often included cherry trees in their planting schemes as they loved the blossom. The fruit was something of an afterthought, but not for us foragers. It has meant that added to the list of usual places to hunt for cherries you should include housing estates and parks. You will more [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 18 June 2012 | 9 Comments
Categories: Home Brew, Homemade, Lifestyle and Recipes, Wild foods
Although we already have an elderflower cordial recipe on our elder article it is one for making it in bulk. I decide that as I have just made a smaller batch of elderflower cordial, some elder flower champagne and our forum is buzzing with talk of elderflower wine it would be good to put up [...]
Yazan: Dave | 22 January 2012 | 3 Comments
Categories: foraging, Lifestyle and Recipes
As they lose their striking orange autumn leaves the clusters of fuzzy purple berries or drupes of the Stag Horn Sumac, Rhus typhina stand in contrast to the brilliant blue of the winter skyline. A relative of the cashew nut these tree like shrubs can act as a local alternative to imported lemons both in [...]
Yazan: Dave | 09 September 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: Budget living, Lifestyle and Recipes, Reference
This article first appeared in Country Small Holding magazine in he Autumn of 2010 At this time of year, the spherical rock we cling to on its journey through space begins to tilt away from the sun making the nights longer, the days shorter and the likelihood of needing a coat and hat when stepping [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 11 July 2011 | 7 Comments
Categories: foraging, Lifestyle and Recipes, Uncategorized, Wild foods
I see burdock as an old friend, it’s odd but just a peak of the leaves pocking out of the undergrowth can bring a smile to my face and as I see it I say (sometimes out loud) “ah Burdock”. Just as you might say, “Ah George, not seen you in a while”. Told you [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 07 July 2011 | 4 Comments
Categories: Homemade, Lifestyle and Recipes
When you get in from work and want to put your feet up with a cuppa you can’t beat having some cheese and crackers to go with it. But why keep buying crackers when you can make very tasty ones at home? This recipe is a very easy one to follow so there should be [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 14 March 2011 | 31 Comments
Categories: Lifestyle and Recipes, Uncategorized, Wild foods
Eating and drinking Japanese Knotweed Japanese Knotweed was first introduced to our shores as a garden plant in about 1825. It doesn’t form any viable seed in this country so it’s rather remarkable how much it has spread. It is said that there is some growing in every 10km grid square in the UK, a [...]
