After a fun day fishing, catching pollock, mackerel, sand eels and even a gurnard, was the mess of gutting and filleting removing bones and skin (mackerel and pollock only)

We decided to experiment with some lichens for natural dying. Lichens are notoriously difficult to correctly identify as there are so many different species that look very similar, and as with seaweeds, a lot do not even have common names, and are only known by th…

Every year I look forward to the flowers of the elder tree. The flowers have long been used not only medicinally but are edible and delicious. Best picked in the morning on a bright sunny day, and best avoided on a wet dull day; the flowers can be made into cordia…