The Woodlands.co.uk Blog - Wild Food
Woodland Courses 2009 Pt 2
Whatever you want to learn, there’s a course out there for you. Here is a brief selection from some of our favourite suppliers for the rest of the summer and up to the end of the year. Read more…
Cooking and Campfires
Everyone has to eat and fresh air builds appetites. How do you set up an efficient camp fire that will cook your dinner without it taking hours or the contents of the pan ending upside down among the ashes? Justin Sterry - the “Al Fresco Chef” - explains how to build tripods and pit fires in the second installment of Woodlands TV’s Survival Series. Read more…
Woodland Courses 2009 Pt 1
Now that you have your new 2009 diary, book some time to brush up your woodland skills or learn new ones. From the purely practical to the extremely esoteric, whatever you want to learn, there’s a course out there for you.
Catching and Gutting a Fish
There is nothing more satisfying than being able to catch and prepare your own supper. Alex McKenzie, bushcraft expert, demonstrates how to catch and clean a trout in the first part of the Woodlands tv Bushcraft Series. Read more…
Foraging for Sweet Chestnuts
Now is the time to be collecting your sweet chestnuts. As the October winds get going, there will plenty more of them to collect from under the trees.
Rosehip Syrup
After a pretty dull and rainy summer, the woodlands and hedgerows are glowing with colour as berries ripen and mushrooms spring up overnight. Autumn is my favourite time of year in the woods and already I’m looking to experiment with a little more than the usual blackberries, which, as always, are juicy and plentiful. Read more…
Rowanberry Jelly
The hardy rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia) is found all over the northern hemisphere. It can grow at elevations of up to 1,000 feet, hence its other name, the mountain ash. Found throughout the UK, it is most common in Scotland. Its berries are very popular with birds and it’s quite common to see rowan saplings growing in inaccessible, rocky crevices where bird droppings have fallen.
Wild Garlic Recipes
Anyone who’s walked through a wood and smelt that distinctive onion-y smell has been near one of the commonest, but little used, wild foods. Wild Garlic (Alium ursinum) or ransoms is common in woods all over the UK.