5 Top Tips for Beginner Gardeners
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My five best bits of advice for anyone thinking of starting to grow their own food.
When I first made stinging nettle soup I didn’t expect to love the taste as much as I do. As most people I had always seen them as an annoying potentially painful weed. But nettles have a unique sweet earthy… Continue Reading →
I paired nettles with wild garlic in spring and I thought that the autumn crop might work well with sweet chestnuts, my main autumn foraging crop, and the result was delicious.
I always order brinjal bhaji at restaurants because I love aubergines. This is my own version, that works well with most vegatables but is particularly good with aubergine and cauliflower.
Goose grass grows everywhere like a weed, and you can eat the young plants. What do you think it tastes like? I tried it…
Chicken of the woods is a beautiful mushroom that you can substitute for chicken in most recipes
Nettles and wild garlic come up together in spring, and compliment each other beautifully in this delicate tasting soup.
Jelly ear mushrooms are commonly found in the UK and although they look bizarre are a treat for mushroom and wild food lovers
Mushroom soup is always best with wild mushrooms, so this is the best time of year to make it!