March Wild Year Calendar
Yippee, spring has sprung and snowdrops, primroses and wild daffodils line our hedgerows. The forager’s larder is filling up with chickweed, wild garlic, nettles and sweet violets (see our DIY…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
February Wild Year Calendar
February literally means ‘cleanse’ which makes it a perfect time to detox before the throes and abundance of spring (See our DIY Hairy Bittercress recipe for the month & later…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
January Wild Year Calendar
Release your inner forager upon our wintry hedgerows and whip up a wild balm to ease you into the spring! (see our DIY recipe of the month) It’s a typically…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
December Wild Year Calendar
December is upon us and it’s a great time to re-kindle connections with family and friends of old. The outdoor kitchen is a little sparse, with a few roots and…Read more
Babes Founder Hetti: Why I love what I do!
Name Hetti Dysch What I do for Babes “I’m the founder and director of Babes in the Woods. I help out at Babes HQ in the office and also host…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
November Wild Year Calendar
As we waltz towards the winter solstice and the longest night this is the month we really feel the evenings drawing in. It’s the perfect time to pick up a…Read more