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Can you eat hedgehogs?!

Published: Thu, 08/21/25

Updated: Thu, 08/21/25

Hydnum species or hedgehogs are the easiest edible mushrooms to identify for beginners in the wild. They do have 'teeth' but not like us, under their…

6 Tasty Wild Berries to Try (+ a few to avoid)🍓

Published: Thu, 08/07/25

Updated: Thu, 08/07/25

Wild berries be jammin' this year!🙈 Our local blackberries are so concentrated that they tasted like jam on the vine when I picked some on Galiano…

Can you pick a porcini in summer? 🍄

Published: Thu, 07/31/25

Updated: Fri, 08/01/25

Forager's report: You'd think it was too dry out, but just go up in elevation into the mountains where it's cooler and you'll find it's been raining…

Edible Sea Plant Harvesting Trip

Published: Sun, 07/27/25

Updated: Sun, 07/27/25

We live on the coast, so let's eat like it! Sea plants are delicious, salty, uniquely flavourful, mineral rich, vitamin packed foods that many of us…

Carnivoria! Our annual meat lovers dinner is back!

Published: Wed, 07/16/25

Updated: Wed, 07/16/25

I never thought my wacky idea to host popup dinners in my garden would being going strong 15 years in! "Carnivoria" was one of our most popular dinner…

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