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Navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris)
Navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris) is an evergreen perennial plant from the stonecrop or Crassulaceae family. Other common names include pennywort, wall pennywort, penny pies, corn leaves and Venus's...
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Red dead nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Red dead nettle (Lamium purpureum) belongs to the Lamiaceae or mint family. Other common names include purple dead nettle, purple archangle, red henbit and French nettle. It is a hardy herbaceous...
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Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca) is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Rosaceae family. Other common names include alpine strawberry, woodland strawberry, Carpathian strawberry, European...
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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a hardy herbaceous perennial belonging to the Asteraceae family. It has many common names including common yarrow, millefoil, sneezewort, bloodwort, carpenter's weed,...
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Dog violet (Viola canina)
Dog violet (Viola canina) is a low growing herbaceous perennial from the Violaceae family. Native to Europe and the British Isles, it is also known as heath dog violet or heath violet. It can be found...
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Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
Primrose (Primula vulgaris) is a hardy herbaceous perennial plant from the Primulaceae family. It is also known as common primrose and English primrose. It can be found in woodland areas, hedgerows,...
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Okahijiki (Salsola komarovii)
Okahijiki (Salsola komarovii) is an annual plant from the Chenopodiaceae family. A traditional oriental vegetable, it is also known as land seaweed or saltwort. Found growing wild in salty coastal...
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Self heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Self heal (Prunella vulgaris) is an herbaceous perennial plant from the mint or Lamiaceae family. It is also known as common selfheal, heal-all, sicklewort, hook heal, pickpocket, poverty pink,...
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The Best Edible Wild Plants in Britain
Free excerpt CHAPTER 1: IntroductionThis book contains plants that I found in my garden which tasted good and were fairly easy to use. Since there are so many edible wild plants available I wanted to...
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Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa)
Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) is a deciduous tree from the Fagaceae family. It is also known as European chestnut. It is native to Southern Europe, Asia and North Africa. Probably brought to the...
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Edible wild plants for January
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; }It's surprising what edible wild plants you can find to eat in the winter months. Here are some plants to look for in January, many can be found even with...
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Edible wild plants for February
February can be a grim month for foraging. We're relying on homegrown chickweed (Stellaria media) and smooth sow thistle (Sonchus oleracius) for our salad greens. The chickweed, which does its own...
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Edible wild plants for March
We're still relying on homegrown chickweed (Stellaria media) and some smooth sow thistle (most leaves have been eaten now) for our salad greens. Chickweed is thriving after a little bit of sunshine and...
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Edible wild plants for April
It has been a late spring where we are in Scotland. The stinging nettles are only just coming up and we are waiting for a decent drop of rain to boost the growth. We've had a few short downpours but...
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Edible wild plants for May
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using …USER/ia)…May is a wonderful time for foraging for edible wild plants. It has been a very dry spring here so far and many plants were rather late to emerge....
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Edible wild plants for June
Spring continues to be a very dry season this year. The leaves on our beech trees have not filled out as much as they normally do, leaving the trees looking rather thin. Thankfully we have a stream...
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Edible wild plants for July
After such a dry spring this year, the recent rain has been very welcome and a boost to many wild plants. The leaves of the Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa) have certainly benefitted. They have a lovely...
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Edible wild plants for August
August is a wonderful month for foraging with a wide variety of different fruit becoming available. Depending on where you live in the UK, fruit will ripen at different times and there may well be a...
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Edible wild plants for September
In the UK the harvest festival has traditionally taken place on the Sunday nearest to the harvest moon, that is the full moon closest to the autumn equinox which is 22 September this year. It is...
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Fungi
In the British Isles there are thousands of fungi and some of them are edible. It can be difficult to identify fungi and some are absolutely deadly. Simply tasting a tiny piece of unidentified mushroom...
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Food during a crisis
This is an article on understanding food during a crisis taken from the book Edible Plants for Preppers (available from Amazon Kindle for £2.50 or free on Kindle Unlimited). The book contains a lot of...
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Places to find food during a crisis
This is an article on places to find food taken from the book Edible Plants for Preppers (available from Amazon Kindle for £2.50 or free on Kindle Unlimited). The book contains a lot of useful...
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Making Your Own 'Coffee'
Many different plants have been used to make a coffee substitute over the years. We thought we'd revisit the subject and give you our recommendations and instructions on how to get the best drink.List...
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Catmint (Nepeta cataria)
A huge number of herbs come from the mint (Lamiaceae or Labiatae) family and are liberally used in the kitchen or for medicinal purposes. They include various mints, basil, lavender, oregano, thyme,...
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Stinging Nettle Recipes
The stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) season is now under way in the UK so it is time to make good use of this amazing plant. The beauty of edible wild plants, like nettles, is that they do not require...
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