Nettle cordial adapted from Galloway Wild Foods recipe Collect nettle tops. Leave on a plate by window- so bugs can escape. Wash with tongs Citric acid 500g sugar 500ml water 200g-300g of nettle tops (collected in spring before plant goes to seed) Measure out sugar. Add sugar and water. Heat Read more…
Allium triquetrum After returning to New Zealand from the UK, I was looking to make a pesto like Ramsons, Wild garlic pesto. This is as close as I could get and it makes a damn good oniony/garlicky pesto with an abundant weed. It’s found in the UK where it’s called Read more…
You will need: A glass jar – with a plastic lid or wax paper to put inbetween metal lid Enough Dandelion flowers from a clean area to fill a small jar (save some for the bees and insects) Apple cider vinegar (with the mother) Sterilize your jar. Pick dandelions to Read more…
Sonchus sp.. Family: Asteraceae Pūhā or Sow thistle, is a common ‘weed’ throughout New Zealand. It is also found in the United Kingdom and Europe. It can be confused with dandelion as they both have yellow flowers and similar looking leaves. It has a classic blue/green/grey look to the leaves Read more…
Pamela Michael and her book Edible Wild Plants & Herbs is a fascinating read and a must have for foragers. It is a good place to start from when you begin your foraging journey and the illustrations by Christabel King are so fab you can memorise these and then start Read more…
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…
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…