We were wandering through a beautiful forest the other day and I was admiring the Cortinarius and Phellodon species I was stumbling across, along with a few new fungi to identify at home.…

Over this past year we have been fortunate to stumble across turkey tail mushrooms in most forests and gardens and have accrued many jars full of this powerfully medicinal fungi. It has variety…

For the past couple of weeks we have been house sitting in the countryside. The weather has consistently been grey and drizzly so we have been sourcing comfort from cosy fires, hot baths,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…