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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
Posted in Europe, Foraging, Recipes, Workshops
Tagged Alexanders, Cornwall, Fat Hen, Helpx, Recipes, sea lettuce, sea spaghetti, seaweed, three cornered leek, Travel, wild food, wild food recipes, wild garlic
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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
Posted in Europe, Foraging, Recipes, Travelling
Tagged Alexanders, apple cider vinegar, Cornwall, DIY, Fat Hen, Foraging, Helpx, home cooking, how-to, locally grown, pickles, self sufficiency, three cornered leek, Travel
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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
Posted in Europe, Foraging, Recipes, Travelling
Tagged cordial, cordial recipes, Cornwall, DIY, Experiments, Fat Hen, Foraging, gorse bushes, gorse flowers, hedgerows, Helpx, home cooking, preserves, Recipes, self sufficiency, Travel, UK, wild food
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Preparing seaweed
How to prepare laver, sea spaghetti, pepper dulce and sea lettuce seaweeds for drying and cooking. Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Foraging, Travelling
Tagged cooking workshops, Cornwall, Fat Hen, Foraging, Helpx, laver, sea lettuce, sea spaghetti, seaweed, Travel, wild food, Workaway
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Weeding truffle trees in Asturias
Holly oak tree maintenance in Northern Spain, learning how to grow truffles Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Travelling
Tagged Asturias, Europe, gardening, Helpx, Holly oaks, Spain, Travel, truffles, vanlife, weeding, Workaway
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Digging, sifting, pruning in Portugal
Further helpxing in Pombal, Portugal. Digging pools and making friends. Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Travelling
Tagged DIY, Europe, gardening, hard yakka, Helpx, nature, pools, Portugal, Practical Skills, Travel, Vila Colina, Winter, Workaway, Yuccas
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Mural and hair-volution part two
Second instalment of travelling, mural painting and hair dying! Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Europe, Inspiration, Travelling
Tagged art, culture, Europe, Helpx, kerning, murals, painting, Portugal, Travel
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A mural in Portugal and a hair-volution
Travelling, painting murals, cutting hair and dying hair. Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Europe, Inspiration, Travelling
Tagged artists, comics, creativity, Europe, Helpx, murals, painting, Portugal, Travel, Workaway
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Gardening near Calañas
Growing salad vegetables while helping out a family in Calañas, Spain. Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Travelling
Tagged gardening, Helpx, self sufficiency, Spain, Travel, volunteering
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Making pickles in Andalusia
Learning how to pickle capsicums in apple cider vinegar. Andalusia, Spain. Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Experiments, How-to, Recipes, Travelling
Tagged Andalusia, apple cider vinegar, canning preserves, capsicum, Helpx, pickles, Recipes, Spain, thai chillies, Travel
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