Wandering with Kirsty

01/04/2025

Wildbiome: lunch on the first day is winkles and salad.
It took a lot of time to extract the wee beasties from the shells and what looked like a really big pot full ended up only being 100g of rather gritty meat. I guess I should have purged them in non sandy water for a few days!

18/04/2023

I've just added my next walk date for the 20th May, Woodland foraging with lots of lovely edibles surging into full growth! Share recipes, taste nibbles and sip drinks of wild things...

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A guided foraging walk through Sanquhar woods finding lots to taste and lots to admire with the knowledgeable guidance of Kirsty Wallace

26/03/2023

I was out for a snowy wander today seeing what is growing where for next weekend's wayside foraging walk 🌱

26/03/2023

I went on snowy wander today sussing out what is growing where for next week's wayside foraging walk 🌱

26/03/2023

Seaw**d foraging date 20th April!
Come and learn about the edible seaw**ds to be found between the high and low spring tides.
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Come and explore the riches to be found below the lowest tide.

22/03/2023

I picked up a new to me seaw**d last night and I think it is Polyides rotunda or discoid fork w**d. Not exactly a catchy name but quite a cool wee seaw**d 😃

It's so hard identifying small seaw**ds because most of the identity is tied up in literally microscopic details! So as I don't have a microphone it's a bit of a cursory guess made up of a mix of colour, distribution, size and shape.

13/03/2023

Another foraging date available for booking now! Wayside Foraging, Sat 1st April.

Come and wander along the Dava Way and explore the lovely wild greens, flowers and tree sap to be gathered in spring!

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Come and join me to find the first emerging greens and spring flowers, and to sample tree sap.

05/03/2023

I led a lovely group of folks on a seaw**d foraging walk yesterday, and I also popped back down the beach before the tide came in to gather a batch of seaw**d for myself.

Here is my drying method - a simple string above the fire, a woven tray, and my gathering basket. The seaw**d has dried over night and is now ready to pop in my stash of jars!

Come and join me on my next foraging walk on Tuesday 7th!

05/01/2023

I'm leading the first Seaw**d foraging walk of the year on the 18th Feb, do come and join me!

You can find tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-seaw**d-foraging-tickets-506068974927

22/10/2022

I'm running a Wild things foraging day tomorrow so I'm busy making oatcakes with dulse in to share. We will hopefully find something to put on them during our walk.

It's kind of hard to see what I'm doing because I'm off grid and working by candle and fairy lights on a wood stove!

22/10/2022

Good morning everyone, it's a lovely morning for a wander!

04/10/2022

I'm leading another mushroom foraging for beginners walk soon on the 22nd Oct!
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