by Ruby Taylor | Feb 21, 2024 | Forage of the Month
Bramble Tips Lots of us know bramble as the blackberry bush, the one that gives us those delicious autumnal berries that stain our fingers and tongues. Bramble plants are vigorous and plentiful in their growing habit, and the hardiness of the plant means it has a...
by Ruby Taylor | Oct 31, 2023 | Forage of the Month
Birch Polypore This is the wild mushroom that’s in the soup we cook on the fire for lunch on my woodland courses. Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) is also known as razor strop fungus, birch conk, birch bracket. My herbalist friend Lucinda Warner describes...
by Ruby Taylor | Dec 1, 2022 | Forage of the Month
Rosehip Vinegar This is a favourite, super-easy recipe. It comes from ‘Hedgerow Medicine’ by friends Julie and Matthew Bruton-Seal. You can easily find loads of recipes for rose hip syrup…but if you want to preserve their goodness without using sugar...