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...
by Em | Sep 21, 2017 | autumn, Blog, Foraging, fruit, harvest, history, Nature, walking
What else could I write about this month, apart from apples? It is autumn on a farm in Somerset. It is that time of year when there is so much fruit in season, every walk involves a bite or a nibble. Both man and beast, we are all well fed. We have many varieties...
by richard | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Foraging, Glamping, Recipe
Much maligned for centuries the common stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) was possibly first introduced to our hedgerows by the Romans. Used medicinally to help rheumatism, nettles were tied into bunches and used to thrash the skin in a practice known as urtification....
