Food

Sheila Spence: Winter foraging

Sheila Spence: Winter foraging

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

The first severe frosts of winter will no doubt finish off most of the edible foods in the woods and pastures, but it is still worth looking out for the hardy few…

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Sheila Spence: Autumn foraging

Sheila Spence: Autumn foraging

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Hazelnuts, Sweet Chestnuts, Blackberries, Elderberries, Crab Apples and Sloes: just some of nature’s autumn wild harvest which surrounds us as we walk…

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Sheila Spence: Wild Cherries

Sheila Spence: Wild Cherries

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Summer fruits are on their way, with wild strawberries to pick from the hedgerows, bilberries starting to ripen in the sun and, a little later, wild cherries. There was a lot of blossom this year so hopefully a good harvest [...]

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Sheila Spence: Wild food

Sheila Spence: Wild food

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Spring is here and nature’s larder is well and truly open for business. The first good edible fungi to look out for are St George’s Mushrooms, Calocybe gambosa, commonly found near woodland edges or sometimes in rings in unimproved grassland. [...]

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Wild food diary: Winter mushrooms

Wild food diary: Winter mushrooms

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

Tasty mushrooms can spice up a winter stew very well…

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Wild food diary: Autumn foraging

Wild food diary: Autumn foraging

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Our pick of the best in Autumnal foraging…

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Wild-food diary: Summer 2010

Wild-food diary: Summer 2010

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Early summer fills the hedgerows with aromatic elderflowers, while in August many popular wild berries will be ripening, such as blackberry, strawberry, raspberry, gooseberry…

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