by richard | Mar 25, 2023 | Baking, Blog, Cooking, Foraging, Homemade, Nature, Recipe, Spring
Wild Garlic / Ramsoms / Ransoms / Somerset’s ‘Onion Stinkers’ / stink bombs or stinking nannies are widely available to forage throughout the British Isles particularly in the Westcountry where it grows in abundance in woodland & hedgerows. Often...
by richard | Mar 3, 2022 | Blog, Cooking, Foraging, Homemade, Recipe
For anyone who loves toast there is nothing finer than Sourdough bread to make it from. This traditional loaf is thought by many to be the domain of specialist Artisan bakers and many are willing to pay accordingly for it. But it is actually fairly easy to make...
by richard | Sep 13, 2019 | autumn, Blog, Cooking, Foraging, fruit, Homemade
Mulberries ‘Round and round the mulberry bush’ goes the 19th Century Nursery Rhyme.The song and associated game is traditional, and has parallels in Scandinavia and in the Netherlands (the bush is a juniper in Scandinavia) perhaps an updated version might...
by richard | Sep 8, 2018 | autumn, Blog, Cooking, Foraging, fruit, Homemade, Recipe, Uncategorised
It is the time of year again when the Hedgerows are abundant with fruit and none is finer than the humble blackberry, packed with flavour and Vitamin C it is the perfect as a snack on a country walk or used in cooking. This month I shall be celebrating this gorgeous...
by richard | Jan 18, 2018 | Blog, Foraging, Homemade, Winter
Happy New Year – with the beginning of a New Year, the snow drops are out and the daffodils are emerging. Tthere is the promise of good things to come and spring will soon be upon us. The hedgerows maybe sparse and the ground frosty but this remains a good time...
by richard | Oct 1, 2017 | autumn, Cooking, Foraging, Glamping, Homemade, Recipe
Autumn is the time of year when the hedgerows are bountiful with an array of fruits, nuts and berries. You will be spoilt for choice if you come glamping with us. Apples, blackberries, sloes, elderberry and wild damsons are just a few of crops...
