Food
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…
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…
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 [...]
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. [...]
Wild food diary: Winter mushrooms
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Tasty mushrooms can spice up a winter stew very well…
Wild food diary: Autumn foraging
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Our pick of the best in Autumnal foraging…
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…
