I hate roses …except the wild ones – Rosehip Syrup

I always have and I know where it comes from …my Gran on my dads side had this horrible “garden” that was all concrete and planters with mean thick stemed huge petalled roses.
My grandpa had the other half of the garden it was a huge allotment and he grew every vegetable imaginable [...]

Sunday Happiness

Today is one of the last days of October but it was so warm you would have mistaken it for a summers day……and my highlight showing a six year old in bumble-bee welly boots ( complete with antennae) her first ever fairy tale mushroom.
It was an chance meeting , I have lead a couple [...]

Field Mushrooms

Picking shrooms in fields is fun they are so beautiful nestling amongst the grass you walk right past them sometimes …. prefering as they do to grow on cow pats and next to big thistles and . But once you spot one …….. loving to grow in groups you can quickly harvest a lot …they [...]

Weekend Wet Walking and Apples

There are lots of apple trees here in the West Country because we make a lot of cider .. most are in orchards though and thus untouchable .Unless you go in for a touch of scrumping. Which being a well brough up young lady I would never consider…well maybe after a couple of pints of [...]

Hedgehog Fungus and Squash Risotto

Hedghog Fungus (Hydnum repandum ) grows deciduous or coniferous woods. Season late summer to late autumn. recognised the by having spines growing down rather than gills, colour varies from white to salmon pink
Incredibly tasty and often found in large amounds , plese be careful to cut this at the stem so as not to [...]

Sunday Forage – Dryads Saddle & Amethyst Deceivers

 
 
 
Dryads Saddle Calimari
Batter recipe 1 cup of flour 1 cup of beer 1/2 cup of milk Teaspoon of Paprika 1 eggWhisk it all together
Cut mushroom into strips and roll in a little flour
dip strips in batter mixture
Deep dry in sunflower oil (I used some that has dried chillis soaking in it for [...]

Conference Time … Croissants at Dawn

Prof Andre Tylee said my name on stage have arrived ha ha ha ….. choice, strengthen commission to outcome indicators , prospective payment system , improvement in quality and capacity , whole systems , managing uncertainty , cinderella service , manages clinical risk , no discharge in primary care [...]

Feminine Foraging

…… all the Sunday supplements are going nuts for foraging …. foraging and walking have been fantastic therapy in post relationship breakdown but as a single girly wandering the countryside I thought I would share some of the things I have learned…..
buy a good wildlife flora/fauna guide and keep it in the toilet for [...]