Advanced Survival and Operations in Extreme Environments A special ops training course ‘Advanced Survival and Operations in Extreme Environments’ facilitated by Circadio Limited. This course covers tactics used in three distinct habitats: forest, mountain and coastal-marine. We will also spend half a day covering urban species. These are three important and often critical environments in…
Author: Matt Rooney
Spring Surveys
The foraging season begins in early spring with birch sap, wild garlic, alexanders and cow parsley. As we get further into spring there is whole panoply of lush green shoots, fragrant flowers and the first mushrooms. Saint George’s mushroom is up for Saint George’s Day, 23rd April, and continues sometimes until June. Then comes the…
Hen of the Woods in the Nest… and Chips
This is a fabulous way to cook an amazing mushroom. It’s like a vegetarian chicken and chips. The taste is exquisite and the texture satisfying. My friend chef Carl Shillingford of The Foragers Retreat developed this after a mushroom foray that we did together. We were very hungry! The hen of the woods (Grifola frondosa)…