Forage from the wild-but-productive bits of the garden. Bramble, yarrow, broadleaf plantain, ribwort plantain, dandelion, young dock, dead nettle, rose petals. I had plans to do some plain batches of a few last bits after this, but then I had the idea to update this website and so ran out of available time/ energy.
Further to my mixed foraging, today I harvested the young nettle for the same. Nettles take ages to harvest and prep by hand, but they’re very nutritious so it’s usually worth the effort.
Foraging corner and that which has been dried (dehydrated) so far. The aim is that this food will feed my guinea pigs over the winter when their diet is otherwise very monotonous; buying in similar is very expensive. I’m sure my neighbours all think that this is the messiest and worst corner of my […]Read Post ›
Growing up, I was never really someone who enjoyed warm weather. This was partly down to being a winter baby, partly down to preferring to wrap up warm than be too hot, partly because colder weather had fewer people out of doors so it was easier to go outside for peace, and partly because London […]Read Post ›
Dandelion Soup 