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Identifying Dog Nettle (Urtica urens)
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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Wood Blewit Spaghetti Bolognese
Over the weekend we ventured out to explore the pine forests of Mount Victoria in Wellington city. I was particularly making a last ditch effort and was hoping to find some late porcini…
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Identifying Wood Blewits (Lepista nuda)
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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Sea Celery & Tofu Noodle Soup
This weekend we braved a particularly windy and cold winters day to explore around the headlands of Wellington harbour. The waves were immense and full of large swathes of kelp and gulls were…
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Identifying Sea Celery (Apium Prostratum)
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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Fiddlehead Fern & Lemon Risotto
Wandering through native wilderness searching for things to eat at this time of the year can be a bit sparse and disappointing and takes a much keener eye and experimental palate! I was…
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Identifying NZ Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus)
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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Wild Parsnip & Apple Soup
On a recent frosty winter morning we we’re down by the riverside harvesting willow saplings to make a wattle compost bin when we happened upon this lush green plant popping up amidst the…
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Crispy Native Oyster Mushroom Tacos
We were wandering through a native reserve a few days ago taking photos of all the incredible mushroom varieties I could find. We’d had a wet and cold snap and the wood ears,…
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Wild Rose Water & Cardamom Biscuits
I was driving to my Dad’s house early the other morning when I noticed that the wild rose bush in his front garden is in full bloom and it made me think that…
