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Chickpea Fritters & Calendula Salad
Our garden is in full bloom right now. As the weather begins to heat up the flowers are working extra hard to produce seeds so don’t feel bad about picking the beautiful blooms;…
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Identifying Hangehange (Geniostoma ligustrifolium)
Take great care when identifying wild plants and fungi, this blog is not a resource to be taken by itself and further resources will be linked. Consult other sources and double check. While…
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Hangehange Rainbow Soba Salad
After a long break travelling overseas in the UK I am back in Aotearoa and have permanently moved to the Wairarapa. I experienced a terribly cold winter in places that barely had any…
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Identifying White Puffballs (Calvatia candida)
Take great care when identifying wild plants and fungi, this blog is not a resource to be taken by itself and further resources will be linked. Consult other sources and double check. While…
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Puffball Panang Curry
We’ve had a lot of warm weather over the past couple of days in Wellington, the grasses are looking dry, the berries need extra water, and the windows and doors are permanently open…
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Identifying Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Take great care when identifying wild plants and fungi, this blog is not a resource to be taken by itself and further resources will be linked. Consult other sources and double check. While…
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Dandelion Coffee Cake
Everything is growing wildly at this time of year, especially due to the wet summer we’re having. The dock is growing up to my waist, the tutu trees are swooping dramatically to the…
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Identifying Beaded Samphire (Salicornia quinqueflora)
Take great care when identifying wild plants and fungi, this blog is not a resource to be taken by itself and further resources will be linked. Consult other sources and double check. While…
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Crispy Sweet Chilli Tofu with Samphire
We chose to send off 2022 by having a beautiful swim in one of our favourite spots in Wellington; Whitireia Reserve! It was a warm sunny day, we carefully scrambled over rocks, crossed…
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Identifying Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Take great care when identifying wild plants and fungi, this blog is not a resource to be taken by itself and further resources will be linked. Consult other sources and double check. While…