Foraging Forays

See the Events page and main page for more details of our Wild Forays.

Disclaimer
We ask that each person on the walks takes responsibility for their own safety (parents take responsibility for their children). Walk only where you feel it is safe for you to walk and gather only what you feel it is safe for you to eat.

Guidelines for picking
We want to encourage mindful foraging – having respect for the earth, for the plants and nature, and for ourselves.

  • Pick only from plants that you are certain that you can accurately identify.
  • Take only as much as you need.
  • Take small quantities from several plants.
  • Use scissors or a sharp knife so as not to damage the plant.
  • Never strip a plant of leaves, berries or whatever part you are picking.
  • Remember; food feet not food miles.

Recipes

Chickweed Salad Continue reading

Images from Transitiontown Autumn Fayre

auctionRichard Denton-White, auctioneer of promises, engaging the audience in a frenzy of bidding.

claycraft

Pat March, ceramics, suitable for house and garden.
Member of the Upwey Potter’s Group. Sometimes using “rescued” clay from Dorset’s eroding cliffs. Geology and rock formations of the Heritage Coast can be seen to influence her work. She also does Continue reading

Chickerell Gardening Project

Raised bedsThis project runs most Fridays, just off Coldharbour Lane, on Jon Orrell’s land. We grow veg using a mix of organic and methods – Tim and myself have had and can pass on some practical ideas to anyone interested. Just turn up at Southill Day Centre by 10 am – we go to Coldharbour by minibus and return to Southill by 3 pm. Tim and Dave (staff at Southill) do need to know in advance if more volunteers are coming (you should get a free lunch and Dave’s peanut and grape sandwiches really are something!!), so please contact me for more details if you or some one else wants to come. I go most, but not all, Fridays.
John Tomblin