Wild Food

Although ornithologists find the concept of a partridge sitting in a pear tree pretty ridiculous (they are not passerines - perching birds - but rather denizens of open country), but to my mind there … [Read more...] about Welsh Food – Red-legged partridge

These are one of the earliest green shoots to emerge each year, snaking up through the hedgerows, curling around sturdier, now dormant, shrubs at a phenomenal pace . . . Hops were first cultivated … [Read more...] about Hops

The fungi season starts in March with the emergence of morels on waste ground – surely one of our most delicious species? Mention wild mushrooms and most people think automatically of autumnal dead … [Read more...] about Morel

This is the perfect beginner's mushroom - unmistakeable and delicious . . . Most Britons are scared of toadstools, terrified of making a fatal mistake, but the parasol (Macrolepiota procera) is … [Read more...] about Parasol

Pennywort is a delicious Welsh wild food ingredient which ranks with most wild mushrooms... In midwinter it can be almost impossible to find anything edible, still less a tasty fresh green salad … [Read more...] about Pennywort

While checking out your favourite mushroom woods, keep an eye open for the lush green foliage of wild garlic . . . Ramsoms grow in profusion in damp woods, along overgrown footpaths and on waste … [Read more...] about Ramsoms