Water-pepper, Persicaria hydropiper
Water-pepper, Persicaria hydropiper, is a bitter tasting map-maker. It is an inconspicuous annual plant, but it is useful to natural navigators. It grows up to…
Tag: foraging
Foraging for Blackberries
It is that time of year already, the blackberries near me are ripening up nicely. Natural navigation and foraging can be blended together when searching…
22 Degree Halo and Contrail Shadow
My thanks to Alan Gibson, urbane forager and regular contributor to this blog, for another great image. In this picture we are looking at two…
WorldWild Podcast
What happens when a pioneering forager and the natural navigator discuss the natural world? A long, wide-ranging, unusual and occasionally philosophical conversation between renowned forager,…
The Procrastination of an Outdoors Writer
Today marks the start of the writing of a new book. And what better way to celebrate it, than by procrastinating! As writers go, I…