Foraging, hunting and fishing are a vital part of who we are as a species – and although these can easily be dismissed as slightly trendy activities there are plenty of folk out there who are integrating wild edibles into their daily diets.
The articles below are a mixture of tutorials, opinion pieces and information guides to the edible wild species of the British Isles, written and compiled by Richard Prideaux and Amy Green
We also run wild food focused training both online and in person, making the most of our location in North Wales, near the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB and Snowdonia National Park
The fruits are easy to identify and collect in large quantities and can be used to make fruit leathers (another name for a fruit roll-up), a fruity jelly which is a good accompaniment to game meat, and even to flavour…
North Wales is a fantastic place to look for fungi, with a wide range of habitats and ideal climate. If you’ve been out to a local woodland, parkland or ungrazed grassland recently you have probably noticed some colourful mushrooms and…
This mushroom can be used in stocks, dried and ground down into a powder, or cooked into casseroles, stir fry’s and soups. Our favourite use for them is to create what we affectionately call an alcoholic fungal turkish delight, inspired…
Sloes are ripe before the first frosts these days, but you can use a freezer to imitate the affect of a frost and have some infused gin ready for winter!
Blackthorn is a deciduous shrub with edible flowers and edible berries which are called sloes. Very popular with foragers and lovers of sloe gin.
Late summer into early autumn is peak season for observing the Robin’s Pincushion, a red and spiky gall around the size of a small plum which is found on dog rose (Rosa canina) and some other rose species. If you…
Pocket plum is the common name for Taphrina pruni which causes deformities in the fruits of blackthorn (the ever precious sloes), damsons and some other plum species, and there is a related fungus Taphrina padi which affects Bird Cherry with…
Richard Prideaux talks with the show's hosts about bushcraft, being an outdoor instructor, finding wild food in the UK and survival priorities.
This year at the annual Game Fair we managed to meet up with some of our friends and talk about all things shooting, fishing, wild food and countryside management. Richard had lined up a few meetings, and was asked by…