Northern Wilds

13/12/2024

Inspirational work by our friends at F & L... Definitely Fruitful Foraging!

03/09/2024

Found this wonderful slime mould on the forest floor today...

11/08/2024

Buzzing like a bee... after a most beautiful day yesterday exporing... Foraging for wild flowers an tinder... to build a campfire... and light it with sparks... to cook stick bread and make wild flower tea... to drink with rose petal cupcakes, a big family & me... Buzzing like a bee...

15/07/2024

Homegrown strawberries dipped in fine chocolate smothered in wild strawberries... I'm struggling to find words to describe this seasonal delight!
It's a must try if you're lucky enough to find a good patch... may the force be with you!

04/06/2024

Foraging and enjoying this wonder at the moment! Known as 'Chicken of the Woods', Laetiporus Sulphureus, it is edible with a texture akin to chicken - it makes for a great curry - to preserve we slice it and lightly fry in butter then freeze. This specimen is very young... They grow much larger but get tougher with age... Happy Foraging...
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03/04/2024

I've been working with lava seaweed in preparation for our seaweed and sushi foraging event on the 14th April coinciding with national lava bread day. Dried seaweed is a wonderful ingredient in the kitchen, imparting deep umami richness to all it touches. Cold smoking the seaweed before drying adds another layer of flavour.

Still have a few spaces available at

www.northernwilds.co.uk/events/forage-feast-experience-seaweed-sushi-10

21/12/2023

A little while ago we worked with students from Northumbria University to produce this short film, Fungi Frontiers. Hope you enjoy. If you would like to join us to learn about fungi or any other wild food our gift vouchers are available at www.northernwilds.co.uk

Fungi Frontiers-Student Documentary on mushroom foraging and identification.Crew-Director- Trixie Parkin-ChristieProducer- Jess MerringtonCinematography- Tob...

06/12/2023

Lovely time lapse of inkcaps disintegrating into ink here... And kids painting with it...📸 Look at this post on Facebook
https://fb.watch/oMJus3aU53/

05/12/2023

Apologies to anyone trying to buy from our website recently - we've had a technical glitch which is now fixed...

Forage & Feast Experience Gift Vouchers are an Inspired Present for Outdoor Foodie Folk: www.northernwilds.co.uk

01/12/2023

Medicinal Mushrooms - Turkey Tail, Trametes Versicolor,

From Penicillin to Statins it’s surprising to learn how many of our medicines come from fungi originally… One to look-out for… and is most likely on a damp log near you right now… is this mesmerising fella… Turkey Tail by name… and nature… partly identifiable by it’s tri-colour fan like a Turkey’s Tail… quite of the season indeed!...

Recent research has revealed that this abundant little wonder holds a plethora of health benefits within; something that ancient, and indeed East Asian medics have known and used to-date…

These benefits include:

· Boosting the immune system

· Maintaining healthy gut bacteria

· Supporting the treatment of some cancers

· Improving nervous system function

· Balancing blood sugar levels

For a more in-depth guide to these health benefits check the link below:

12 Surprising Benefits of Turkey Tail Mushrooms | Organic Facts

At Northern Wilds we have a limited supply of Sustainably Sourced Organic Dried Turkey Tail harvested in remote rural Northumberland available for sale… At the moment we are working on a range of Medicinal Mushroom Teas and Stock Pots… Enabling you to integrate this natural medicine into your everyday life…

You can also learn more on the health benefits of Wild Foods on one of our Forage & Feast Experiences; from Seaweed to Fungi we are surrounded by abundant sources of nutrition. Learning how to identify and utilise these will also feed the soul…

Give the Gift of Knowledge & Experience this Christmas with a Forage & Feast Experience Gift Voucher…

Find out more: www.northernwilds.co.uk

Come and explore the Northumberland countryside through a foraging day and find out what seasonal wild foods can be found.

01/12/2023

Medicinal Mushrooms
Turkey Tail, Trametes Versicolor

From Penicillin to Statins it’s surprising to learn how many of our medicines come from fungi originally… One to look-out for… and is most likely on a damp log near you right now… is this mesmerising fella… Turkey Tail by name… and nature… partly identifiable by it’s tri-colour fan like a Turkey’s Tail… quite of the season indeed!...

Recent research has revealed that this abundant little wonder holds a plethora of health benefits within; something that ancient, and indeed East Asian medics have known and used to-date…

These benefits include:

· Boosting the immune system

· Maintaining healthy gut bacteria

· Supporting the treatment of some cancers

· Improving nervous system function

· Balancing blood sugar levels

For a more in-depth guide to these health benefits check the link below:

12 Surprising Benefits of Turkey Tail Mushrooms | Organic Facts

At Northern Wilds we have a limited supply of Sustainably Sourced Organic Dried Turkey Tail harvested in remote rural Northumberland available for sale… At the moment we are working on a range of Medicinal Mushroom Teas and Stock Pots… Enabling you to integrate this natural medicine into your everyday life…

You can also learn more on the health benefits of Wild Foods on one of our Forage & Feast Experiences; from Seaweed to Fungi we are surrounded by abundant sources of nutrition. Learning how to identify and utilise these will also feed the soul…

Give the Gift of Knowledge & Experience this Christmas with a Forage & Feast Experience Gift Voucher…

Find out more: www.northernwilds.co.uk

01/12/2023

Learn more about the Wild Food Abundance of Our Land... and Sea... On Our Forage & Feast Experiences Northumberland... Give the Gift of Knowledge and a most Special Experience with one of our Gift Vouchers... www.northernwilds.co.uk
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27/11/2023

Present Ideas for Wild Foodie Folk... Some of our favourite books... For those interested in Mushrooms; how they can change our minds and our worlds; an incredible cultural and scientific journey of discovery and possibility is Entangled Lives by Merlin Sheldrake!... For those looking to perfect their mushroom identification skills Mushrooms by Roger Phillips is a must... For Foodies wanting to explore flavour with their finds an Antonio Carluccio recipe book will inspire... For those discovering the wonderful wild foods on our coasts The River Cottage Edible Seashore by John Wright is the best place to start... For the adventurous interested in learning to ferment; from kombucha to shoyus The Noma Guide by Redzepi & Zilber is truly explosive... For those who want to explore all the Wild Food possibilities across the seasons and habitats of Northumberland a Northern Wilds Gift Voucher will delight!
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13/11/2023

As the nights draw in I'm looking forward to spring and the fresh nutritious greens that come with the warmer days. Wild plants are often more nutrient dense than cultivated cousins, just what the body needs after the winter. Winter time is when I work on recipes for the coming year to inspire all the outdoor foodie folk who come on our foraging courses. Gift vouchers available here https://www.northernwilds.co.uk/events/full-day-wild-food-foraging-gift-voucher/