DIY Meadowsweet Cordial
Meadowsweet starts to bloom just as the elderflowers are finishing. They like to grow along the canal, rivers and generally damp watery places. They look like a cream fizz bomb…Read more
DIY Wedding
The finest DIY wild wedding favours, hen party creations and delicious delights to share with friends and family
DIY Elderflower Champagne
Enjoy this very simple recipe for elderflower champagne and do let us know if you try a variation of this as we love tweaking the way we do things… Ingredients…Read more
DIY Selfheal & Plantain Salve
Here’s a really simple way to make a spring healing salve that you can keep in a small pot and use to alleviate and soothe bruises, insect bites or rough…Read more
DIY Nettle & Cleaver Spring Juice
Wow, now this really is a knock out spring cleanser! It’s a super easy recipe and you’ll need to make it within the next month before the nettle stalks become…Read more
DIY Wild Garlic Infused Oil
Here’s a really simple recipe that features the ramson plant, also known as wild garlic. She’s a real signifier of the beginning of spring, with lush shiny verdant leaves and…Read more
DIY Hairy Bittercress Harissa Paste
We’ve taken this recipe verbatim from the wonderful Robin Harford of Eat Weeds. He’s a personal friend of ours at Babes and he cooked this up for Hetti our founder,…Read more
DIY Plantain Lipbalm
This simple plantain beeswax-based balm soothes chapped lips, enlivens and perfumes your skin and will even act as a first aid salve for stings and bites. INGREDIENTS for for 10’ish…Read more
DIY CHESTNUT & SQUASH SOUP
Ingredients Foraged sweet chestnuts Locally grown squash 2 tbsp Sesame oil ½ teaspoon of cinnamon 1-4 teaspoons of spices of your choice, we recommend Chinese Five Spice 2 large onions…Read more
DIY Wild Apple & Pear Crumble
Here’s a wonderfully easy recipe to warm your cockles as the nights draw in and winter whispers and whistles through your letterbox… Ingredients Some apples, pears and perhaps a quince…Read more
DIY Wild Hedgerow Jam
Here’s another really simple recipe that you can enjoy experimenting with, trying out different berry mixtures and proportions. INGREDIENTS for Hedgerow Jam A 500g basketful of wild berries, with blackberries…Read more