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Flowering currant bush
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Flowering currant

The flowers are edible and tastier, with a much different flavour to what you thought. Its smell can also grow on you…perhaps? The Flowering currant – Ribes sanguineum has been a plant that I have looked at and admired for its colourful beauty but never wanted to eat it due Read more…

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By Angelique, 3 yearsApril 5, 2020 ago
Gorse flower on bush close up
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Gorse flowers

Gorse flowers are definitely out and some things I’m looking forward to making are pickled gorse buds (in salt like a caper) gorse flower cordial, gorse flower wine. I just need to get my hands on a demi-john to prepare the wine.  Apparently, the soaked seeds are a flea-repellant. Note: Read more…

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By Angelique, 3 yearsMarch 6, 2020 ago
Dandelion root
Edible plants

Winter = Getting back to your roots.

Dandelion and Wood Avens roots I’ll be honest…I hadn’t actually dug up Dandelion roots yet. Partly because, it’s technically illegal to remove the roots of any plant on public land, so you’d have to have the plant at home to use the roots. Join me and we’ll go foraging for Read more…

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By Angelique, 3 yearsFebruary 5, 2020 ago
Chocolate buckwheat pancakes with sloe cordial
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Wheat-free foraged foods.

New year new you. It’s worth a go. I don’t totally subscribe to New Year’s resolutions but, after feeling non-optimal healthwise for a while, a few things inspired me to go temporarily gluten-free. I watched an interesting documentary called ‘What’s with wheat’. I’m not a health expert, but I am Read more…

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By Angelique, 3 yearsJanuary 21, 2020 ago
Staghorn sumach in flower
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Stag’s horn Sumach – Drink Summer in Autumn

I’ve had my eye on this plant for a couple of years now. It was so unusual looking, I just had to know what it was. Then… someone told me it was Stag’s horn Sumach. Rhus typhina I had eaten this spice in the past, the taste being nothing short of Read more…

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By Angelique, 3 yearsOctober 14, 2019 ago

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