After first encountering this unusual and delicious brassica in the Scottish highlands, I was delighted to stumble on it again in my favourite bit of Galloway swamp – 10 minutes from my house…
One of the great pleasures of foraging is discovering exciting flavours in the common and innocuous-looking plants around us. Sea arrowgrass never fails to raise squeals of surprise and delight when we encounter it on my guided coastal walks.
A very common and beautiful early season bracket fungi. Quite distinctive, with feather-like scales on top and water melon scented pores below…
A very common mushroom that is edible with appropriate preparation, but can easily be confused with toxic species
An easily identified bracket fungi of summer and autumn that makes good eating when young and tender