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Whilst picking Brambles yesterday, I came across something I have not seen for many years….Wild Burnet.
 
I used to pick these en masse for my father to make wine and here it was growing in the grassland near the hedgerow.
The Wild Burnet or Sanguisorba Officinalis grows to around 1m tall in grassland and on hedgerow banks.
It [...]

 
 
Autumn is approaching rapidly and the hedgerows are starting to yield their harvest.
A sunny day finally arrives, so with the dogs on their leads and pockets loaded with carrier bags, we set off to collect some Blackberries. or Brambles and Blackites as they are known locally.
Compared to last year and especially the year before, the [...]

Picking wild berries and plants for food obviously dates back to the earliest days of man, but we must remember that now most land is owned by somebody and we must respect this when foraging.
Various pieces of legislation exist and it pays to familiarise yourself with the basics.
CRoW (Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000).
Nature [...]

The most complete guide to mushrooms on the web.
  
Based on Roger Phillips seminal work ‘Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain and Europe’ and the similar book published on the mushrooms and Fungi of North America. Roger’s twenty-year study will make the site the most complete collection of photographs and mushroom information from both sides [...]