Category Archives: Europe

Soft sculptural crocheting 

Recent crochet; watermelons, icecreams, anatomy art, fungi and rugmaking Continue reading

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My four favourite podcasts to Helpx to (June 2017)

What I listen to while working in the garden, or painting the house. Continue reading

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Helping out at a wild foods cookery school in Cornwall, Penzance

Assisting at a foraging and cookery school in Cornwall, learning to cook fish, rabbit and seaweed. Continue reading

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How to make wild garlic pesto (vegan friendly!)

How to make wild garlic and nettle pesto Continue reading

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Pickled Alexanders, leek bulbs and flower buds

How to pickle Alexanders, three cornered leek bulbs and buds. Includes hot apple cider vinegar recipe. Continue reading

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Gorse cordial in the Cornish countryside

Foraging in Cornwall for Fat Hen cookery school. How to pick gorse flowers painlessly and a gorse flower cordial recipe. Continue reading

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Nettle Tea and the Boscawen-Un stone circle

Foraging for spring nettles and visiting ancient stone sites in Cornwall. Continue reading

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Preparing seaweed

How to prepare laver, sea spaghetti, pepper dulce and sea lettuce seaweeds for drying and cooking. Continue reading

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Foraging for seaweed in England

Learning about seaweed from a master in Penzance, Cornwall. Continue reading

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Views from the door

Photographing my travels around Europe, views from the inside of the house looking out. Continue reading

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