Category Archives: foraging

Cooking with Japanese Knotweed

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Andy Hamilton

Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica is a plant that can divide forages from everyone else. Many foragers and love the stuff whilst everyone else dread seeing it and especially on their land. Why, you may well ask. Well it is because it is … Continue reading →

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Wild Garlic

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Andy Hamilton

From early March in the south of England and mid to late March in Scotland wild garlic, Allium ursinum a relative of chives, onions and normal garlic can be seen growing. In sheltered spots you may see it hanging on … Continue reading →

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Fungus firelighters and mushroom biros

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

Fungus firelighters and mushroom biros Fungus is both deadly poisonous and nourishing, healing and toxic but this kingdom can off much more than just food and poison. Taking a look at mushrooms other uses can be a safer way to … Continue reading →

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Rosehip, roasted sweet potato & beetroot soup and Rosehip syrup

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

The 2012 sloe harvest has not been that great and whilst we are on the subject nor has the apple, plum, blackberry or pretty much anything that needs pollinating. This has been due to the dry spring, late frosts and … Continue reading →

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Wild food foraging days out with Andy Hamilton in Bath & Bristol

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

for·age/ˈfôrij/ VERB (of a person or animal) Search widely for food or provisions. Spring Forage – April 13th Wild food in Bath (central) April 14th and Bristol (area TBC) It’s may be the autumn that you start to think about … Continue reading →

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There is more to life than sloe gin – How to make herbal and fruit alcohol infusions out of almost anything

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

This time of year everyone starts talking about one drink, sloe gin. Indeed, this is the fifth blog post I’ve written about the stuff as sloe gin really has got so popular. I do love the stuff, but not everyone … Continue reading →

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Vino Hedgio – Foraged Wine

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

I’ve had a few email’s about my appearance on The Alan Titchmarsh show on 28th September. They all ask for the Vino Hedgio recipe and as I like to please, here it is. It was the one that Jilly Goolden … Continue reading →

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What to do with the left over sloes from sloe gin

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

What to do with left over sloes from Sloe Gin I once had a demijohn full of sloes just sitting up on a shelf, I forgot about it for months or perhaps even (2) years. The sloes were perfectly preserved … Continue reading →

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Two Sloe Recipes that don’t involve Gin!

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

Sloe Recipes There is more to sloes than sloe gin as sloe wine is always worth a go (Booze for Free p275)! But the ancestors to our native plum must have been a source of food for the ancestors of … Continue reading →

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Himalayan Balsam, eating invasive plants -The Lunchbreak forager

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

If I was to mention Policeman’s helmet,  Bobby Tops, Copper Tops,  Gnome’s Hatstand, Kiss me on the mountain and Impatiens glandulifera or Himalayan Balsam I’d be talking about the same plant. For a plant that only reached the UK in … Continue reading →

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