Foraging Diaries - Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum
"My conkers, they are shiny things, And things of mighty joy, And they are like the wealth of kings, To every little boy; I see the...
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Christy Miles
Oct 2, 20236 min read
Bonnie Galloway - Scotland's Best Kept Secret
Most people visiting Scotland head straight up to the Highlands. As they pass the Scottish border sign on the M6, celebrating their...
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Christy Miles
Jul 27, 20234 min read
Foraging Diaries – Rosebay Willow Herb – Chamerion angustifolium
"On ground abandoned and cast aside and railway embankments you can be spied upright in stance and as bold as brass all turn and flee...
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Christy Miles
Jan 25, 20235 min read
Foraging Diaries - Birch Polypore Fungus - Fomitopsis betulina
There a sometimes-killing- but also useful - fungi sprouts from a rot-set silver bough I tell you - 'it is also known as razor strop...
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Christy Miles
Aug 5, 20224 min read
Foraging Diaries - Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria
In clouds of creamy frothy flowers The Meadowsweet in summer’s seen In ditch and bank it wafts its scent Bride wort, or Dolloff, Meadow...
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Christy Miles
May 24, 202113 min read
When did you last sharpen your axe?
Solivagant – (adj) wandering alone, a solitary wanderer. A person who revels in the act of wandering alone–preferably in destinations and...
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Christy Miles
May 2, 20216 min read
Foraging Diaries - Common Nettle - Urtica dioica
The stinging nettle only Will still be found to stand: The numberless, the lonely, The thronger of the land, The leaf that hurts the...
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Christy Miles
Apr 19, 20214 min read
Foraging Diaries - Dandelion - Taraxicum Officinale
"I am born as the Sun, But then turn into the Moon, As my blonde hairs turn greyish-white and falls to the ground, Only to be buried...
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Christy Miles
Apr 8, 20213 min read
Foraging Diaries - Wild Garlic - Allium ursinum
"Walking through the forest, there was a gentle breeze, the pungent smell of Garlic floated through the air. I looked around and sure...
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