Yazan: Dave | 09 October 2012 | 3 Comments
Categories: foraging, Wild foods
Stag Horn Sumac – Rhus typhina The Forager’s Lemon Sumac is one of those plants you may have seen a thousand times but never really realised it had an edible use. It’s not a truly wild plant in the UK but it does readily escape from gardens as it sends up suckers when the roots [...]
Yazan: Dave | 26 May 2012 | No Comments
Categories: About Us, Budget living, Enivronmentally friendly, Events, foraging, Reference, Uncategorized, Wild foods
Dave Hamilton is a freelance writer, forager, garden tutor and garden consultant. His main work is as a garden writer and in this capacity he has written for (amongst others) BBC Gardener’s World Magazine, The Guardian and Grow Your Own. He co-authored the Self-Sufficient-ish Bible with his brother Andy and wrote the award winning book [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 06 April 2012 | 2 Comments
Categories: foraging, Videos, Wild foods
Winter is becoming like last night’s dream and any hazy reminders of its presence are starting to seem out of place. On seemingly dead wood once a tightly packed parcels have now opened to reveal their true nature, these little green miracles are growing with such vigour they are changing the landscape daily. It might [...]
Yazan: admin | 20 March 2012 | 7 Comments
Categories: foraging, Wild foods
I love this season as its a time when gardening, nature spotting, foraging and home brewing can all start in earnest. Its a time when food starts to appear, everywhere. Here are my favorite wild plants to expect in March almost anywhere in the UK and across much of North America. These foods were all found in [...]
Yazan: Dave | 17 December 2011 | 6 Comments
Categories: Wild foods
In the midst of winter you’d be fooled into think there isn’t much wild food around. It’s true that there is a lot less than at other times of the year but even on the coldest days something can be found, you just might have to look that little bit harder. Unlike other times of [...]
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 | 01 April 2011 | 9 Comments
Categories: Herbal Medicine, Uncategorized, Wild foods
Wild food ban I know we normally keep blog style posts away from the front page, but I am so livid that I feel I had to share. I have a friend who works as a civil servant in Westminster, I can’t really divulge much more than that for the sake of her job. I [...]
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 [...]
Yazan: Dave | 01 June 2010 | 7 Comments
Categories: Wild foods
June is one of the few times I like being English. It is a time for strawberries and cream, Wimbledon, the Glastonbury festival and weekend pagans drinking heavily at their local standing stones. It is a month where you want the rain for your garden but you don’t want it in the amount it can [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 01 May 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: Wild foods
“Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire.” - Virgil May certainly feels like the time when England has put its party clothes on with so many tree and plants in blossom. I think that May feels [...]
