Author Archives: Vaso Makri

Ground elder- Aegopodium podagraria

ite about it until now. Ground elder, which is in the parsley family, is also known as Aegopodium podagraria, herb gerard, bishop’s weed, goutweed, gout wort, snow-in-the-mountain, English masterwort and wild masterwort. It literally covers forest floors in the UK and is a very invasive, underutilised plant. Before we delve a bit deeper into this plant, let’s talk identification Unicode GroundContinueContinue reading “Ground elder- Aegopodium podagraria”

Common Hogweed in chili and lemon zest butter

This is a short, easy and incredibly delicious recipe for Common Hogweed, AKA cow parsnip and Heracleum sphondylum. Growing everywhere this time of the year, it means that after correctly identifying it, you can gather as much as you want without feeling guilty. Fellow forager Mark Williams said that it tastes delicious without needing evenContinueContinue reading “Common Hogweed in chili and lemon zest butter”

Common hogweed- Heracleum sphondylum

Among all the greeneries that I found on my forage cycle last week was common hogweed AKA Cow parsnip, Heracleum sphondylum. A lovely green, with a fantastic flavour that doesn’t even need salt, commo hogweed is a must in your kitchen as a forager. HOWEVER, common hogweed is in the carrot family, that as weContinueContinue reading “Common hogweed- Heracleum sphondylum”

Cleavers- Galium aparine

On today’s foraging walk/cycle, among many many others, I also found cleavers. This little “weed” that grows prolifically in path edges and woodlands goes by many other names such as Clivers, Goosegrass, Catchweed, Sticky Weed, Robin-Run-the-Hedge, Sticky Willy, Sticky willow, Velcro Weed and Grip Grass because of the tendency to stick to clothes due toContinueContinue reading “Cleavers- Galium aparine”