Saturday 21st: Forage Anglesey. 10am - 6/7pm. If you fancy a day of wild food adventures on Anglesey, complete with a wild and coastal inspired feast to round the day off beautifully, read on... The plan for the day is: . Explore saltmarsh and sand dunes for delectable coastal succulents and other seasonal green's . Explore wild coastal heath/meadow for those elusive and tasty wild mushrooms . Squeeze in an hour of mackerel fishing (bbq'd mackerel!) . Check out some groovy and versatile seaweeds . Get distracted by other tasty and versatile ingredients while doing the rounds Once we've finished with exploring, learning and gathering, we will retire to a suitable coastal location, create a delicious meal, relax and socialise. The weather is currently looking fabulous btw! I'll bring a range of wild ferments, pickles and drinks from my wild food larder for inclusion in the feast and provide a couple of pre-prepared dishes. I'm keeping participant numbers low for maxi
Wild Food & Foraging Courses... Hi. My first wild food and foraging courses of 2024 will be taking place on the weekend of 16th/17th March. I hope you can join me... Saturday 16th: Birch: Food, Medicine, Magic & Myth. 10am - 2pm. Leeds Birch trees were highly respected and held in high-esteem all across the northern hemisphere for millennia, providing our ancestors with a myriad of useful and seasonal resources in both a practical and spiritual sense. This course will explore the multitude of potential resources Birch trees have to offer and hopefully, herald a return to the respectful and intimate relationships we once had with Birch (and wider nature). As a group we will get practical, theoretical and magical with; sap extraction & syrup making, pollen, catkins, edible & medicinal fungi, fire lighting, storage containers, birch tar, withies, habitat, ecology and of course the magic and spirit of Birch. Samples and tasters and a wild spring-time soup are included in