This is urban foraging, rather than true wild food, but it's still a great free food resource - Mulberries. Find some of these, and you're in for a real treat.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Mulberries
By Mike on Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 15:16
Tag - Foraging
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Wild Radish
By Mike on Saturday, July 30, 2011, 12:53
Taking a walk along the sea front at Hill Head on a warm summer evening, I found wild radishes growing on the shingle banks.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Rose Petals
By Mike on Thursday, May 19, 2011, 19:53
May 2011 - Wild roses are in full and copious bloom. Let's see what we can do with rose petals.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Thyme
By Mike on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 15:49
April 2011 - I spent a week in Murcia, Spain - one of the very many things I love about this place is the fact that plants known normally to me as cultivated herbs in the garden can be found just growing wild.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Hops And Hop Shoots
By Mike on Monday, May 2, 2011, 22:36
May 2011 - I found some hops growing wild in a hedgerow. It's a little early to be looking to harvest the fragrant flowers, but in spring, the tender shoots are available to pick as a green vegetable.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Thongweed
By Mike on Saturday, April 30, 2011, 19:54
April 2011 - I spent the day with friends at Lulworth Cove and got my boat tangled up in some floating Thongweed - it seemed like a good opportunity to snag some for experimental use in the kitchen.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Experiments With Dandelion Seeds
By Mike on Monday, April 25, 2011, 20:03
Dandelions are related to sunflowers. Sunflower seeds are grown for their edible oil content.
Dandelions are edible... but do the seeds (much smaller than sunflower seeds) contain usable amounts of oil, and can I extract it?
(This article also includes an experiment in sprouting dandelion seeds as a micro-salad)
Friday, April 22, 2011
Nettle Pudding And Nettle Burgers
By Mike on Friday, April 22, 2011, 15:04
This is a wild food recipe for something called Nettle Pudding. You could think of it as a vegetarian version of Black Pudding or sausages - it's ideal for slicing and frying to form the hearty centre of a cooked breakfast, or it can be sliced thinly and used in sandwiches.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Alexanders
By Mike on Sunday, April 10, 2011, 20:54
We're in Minehead, Somerset, and there is a great abundance of a particular wild food that I've often seen, but never tried - because the time or season hasn't been right, but this time, it's fresh and available - it's Alexanders.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Juniper
By Mike on Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 19:06
In the last few days of this year (2010), I decided to make use of some Juniper berries that I picked whilst on holiday in Scotland back in the summer.
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