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A whole year of wild nature, gathered in a beautiful calendar you can print. Pin it to the fridge, tuck it in your basket, and learn to see the woods as a larder.
January
The forest sleeps, but the needles are full of vitamin C and frost has sweetened the rose hips.
February
The light is turning and the first green rosettes appear. Small harvests, big joy.
March
The birches run with sap and the nettles push up. Spring's green tonic begins.
April
The forest floor is a green larder. Wild garlic, ground elder and beech leaves, but mind the lookalikes.
May
Spruce tips, hawthorn and sweet woodruff. May smells wonderful, and you can drink it.
June
Elderflower, St John's wort and yarrow. The month of the Midsummer herbs.
July
Linden, meadowsweet and the first berries. Now you fill the herb cupboard for winter.
August
The month of berries. Bring a bowl, and then another one.
September
Elderberries, apples and nuts. The witch's larder fills before the dark.
October
Rose hips, sloes and walnuts. The last golden harvest.
November
Roots and frost berries. The earth draws its strength down, and so do we.
December
Spruce, juniper and rose hips. Forage a little for Yule incense and tea, and rest the remainder.
The forager's rules
- 1.Never eat anything you are not 100 percent sure of. If in doubt, leave it out.
- 2.Take no more than a third of what you find, and leave the rest for the animals and the plant itself.
- 3.Pick away from busy roads, sprayed fields and dog walks.
- 4.Know your local foraging rules: check what you may pick, where, and whether you need permission, and never dig up roots or pick protected plants without the landowner's consent.
- 5.If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, take medication or have a health condition, talk to your doctor before using herbs internally. This is traditional knowledge, not treatment.
As a member you get the full monthly guide with uses, lookalikes and safety for every plant. See this month's plants