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We dont need calendars to know when the season is turning. Yesterday the blackberries were ripe - and today they still are. But today as I stood in the sun, I had a clear sense of energy shifting. Summer is leaving. Hello autumn...but not just yet. #transitions #lettinggo Making peppery nasturtium leaf chips. These are oiled and salted (with crow garlic salt). Into the oven my beauties! After about 10-12 minutes at 275 degrees they will be crisp & crunchy & ready for snacking. #somelikeithot #livetoeat #netflixtonight It's official. Chocolate Sable Cookies with Queen Anne Lace Sugar are a divine combination. These non-gluten cookies are made with almond flour so are a bit lumpy - but they are delicious! #matchmadeinheaven #cookiemonster What are these beautiful little nubbles? They're crunchy peppery Nasturtium flower pods! When they're still young (like this) popping them into your mouth is like eating tiny hot radishes. You can toss them in salads or pickle them as capers. As they mature they lose their tender crunch but the dried seeds can be ground and used as pepper. Love them! #somelikeithot The seeds of Queen Anne's Lace flowers are actually tiny highly scented fruits. And this perfumey sugar is made by whirring them up in a food processor. I LOVED them in my apple pear cake and now this batch is going into (and will be coating) some dark chocolate sable cookies. Oh I can taste it now! ( Remember, not for anyone trying to conceive or pregnant.) I managed to harvest these Staghorn Sumac cones yesterday before the rain. This means the tart citrus floral flavour of the seeds will be at its height! I dry the cones whole, then use the seeds in teas or syrups. Also easy to toss into water and let sit for a few hours - voila Staghorn Sumac lemonade. Staghorn Sumac is also highly nutritious, high in vitamin C, flavonoids and antioxidants. Indigenous people used it for all kinds of medicine and it was popular as a cough syrup. Right now I'm making Sumac Sour Gummy Bears for Gather patrons! (If they turn out that is!) Some of the bounty from my morning dog walk. The pears, apples and crabapples are foraged from an abandoned orchard and headed for a fruit tart flavoured with petals of Rugosa rose. I also found sprigs of heather which will be infused in honey, an old Highland tradition I'm excited to try! And because Queen Anne Lace can be mistaken for her poisonous cousin Hemlock, I dont recommend harvesting unless you spot the telltale drop of black at the center of her umbel. Not all Queen Anne Lace have them but just to be safe and sure-harvest only those that do. Spiced with the carroty/coriander flavour of Queen Anne Lace blossoms & seeds, the fragrance wafting up from this foraged apple & pear cake was, well, simply irresistible! Note: Not advised for pregnant women or those trying to conceive! #wildfoodlove #wildfood #forage#queenanneslace Right now I'm obsessed with the fragrant perfumey "fruits" of Queen Anne's Lace. These tiny pods are going into a rustic spice cake made with foraged apples and pears. Cant wait to see how it turns out! (Note: Not advised for women who are pregnant or trying to conceive!) #forage #wildfoodlove #wildfood The Salal berry. Fleshy and mild, like a cross between black currant and blueberry but way better for you than both! I use them in a boozy wild berry Rumtopf. Recipe link up on the fb page now. #boozyfruit #wildberry #forage A second bloom allows me to keep building on my Japanese honeysucke brandy. The blossoms add so much sweetness it tastes like a liqueur!

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