by Ellie | Jul 6, 2024 | Balms and Tinctures, Foraging Fancies, Wellbeing
Creating your own balms and tinctures from herbs and foraged materials is a rewarding and sustainable way to harness the power of nature for health and wellness. This ancient practice not only connects you with the natural world, but also allows you to control the...
by Ellie | May 27, 2024 | Campfire Cooking, Foraging Fancies, Foraging Fridays
May is a magical month in Wales. The landscape is a verdant tapestry of life, with flora and fauna bursting into bloom and the countryside brimming with the promise of summer. Foraging in Wales during this time is not only a delightful way to connect with nature but...
by Ellie | Apr 30, 2021 | Foraging Fancies, Foraging Fridays
So it’s dandelion season!!! Wait say you she has the title set as frogspawn jelly!! Ha ha!! Well when you work with children who like to gross out their parents…. well you bet inventive!! We went picking dandelions We then made dandelion jelly Ingredients...
by Ellie | Feb 19, 2021 | Foraging Fridays
Can you smell it? Yes even with the freezing conditions last week the smell on the air had changed and spring is most definitely coming! Longer days, warmer days…. Apparently distracted by the snow and ice last week I forgot to post a foraging Friday. I...
by Ellie | Feb 5, 2021 | Foraging Fancies, Foraging Fridays
Starting to peek through in our wild expanse of land are a few nettles. This belies how many we actually have here on an annual basis…. in fact since we bought the smallholding we have been battling brambles and nettles. We leave large patches of both in various...
