Foraging, Folk Herbalism, Edible Weeds + Inspiration for a Slow Life

~WILD BREWING~Wild brews on the bubble using seasonal wild yeasts and seasonally abundant ingredients. Pictured: Bottled Kumarahou beer, Fermenting...

Homegrown Fruit & Vege I mentioned to a friend the other day that I haven't been buying any fruit or vege this year (other than potato, oni...

Hot Lime Pickle Recipe If you have an abudnance of Limes, this is the perfect way to preserve them and enjoy their punchy, fresh flavor all year...

It's Wild Rosehip season! And as we get our first frosts, the Vitamins in the hips are concentrated, making this the best time to gather ripe hips....

Purple Dead Nettle Butter Recipe   One of the favorite wild snacks that we tasted during my Foraging Workshop today a Dead Nettle Butter. Inspire...

Chickweed Pesto I serve Chickweed Pesto at almost every one of my foraging workshops, for a reason. It's a very easy way to win people's hearts! ...

Stinging Nettle (Urtica Dioica). Devil's Apron, Naughty Man's Plaything, Hoky-poky, Jenny-nettle, Sting-leaf, Devil's Leaf, just some of the common...

Poor Man's Capers aka Nasturtium pods or seeds. It's the time of year to gather Nasturtium seed pods and make pickle! The brainy looking little gre...

Wild food & medicine spread, all picked within 20m of our DOC campsite. The edge is where it's at...just stay away from spray & peezones. F...

Dock Roots for an iron boosting tincture. I normally dig my roots in Autumn when all of the plants energy returns to the roots in preparation for ...

Self Heal (Prunella Vulgaris) is a pretty, summer flowering plant in the mint family, which is turning the edges of my lawn purple right now. ...

CAT'S EAR (Hypochoeris radicata) Get to know your Cat’s Ear / False Dandelion / Flatweed, and you need never go hungry again. That’s because this ...