Category: Wild Food

wild garlic pesto

RECIPE | WILD GARLIC PESTO

There are a few different varieties of wild garlic growing in Ireland. Allium ursinum, commonly known...

Bowl of Nettle Soup

RECIPE | NETTLE SOUP

The common nettle, Urtica dioica, is well known for its sting, but less well known for...

Triangular stalked garlic flower

THREE CORNERED LEEK

Have you ever tasted three cornered leek? While wild garlic is increasingly popular in recent years,...

blackberries red and black

BLACKBERRIES

Do you have memories of childhood blackberry picking? Bramble, blackberry or Rubus fructicosus is probably the most well...

IN SEASON | AUTUMN | WILD BERRIES

It’s wild berry season, one of my favourite times of the year for foraging! The hedgerows...

foraging for nettles & dandelions

NETTLES

Do you have a favourite weed? If I was forced to pick one, I think I...